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Name: Newton's Method
ID: m15579
Language: English (en)
Summary: A simple application of Newton's and Horner's methods to factor a polynomial. Matlab code is included.
Subject: Mathematics and Statistics
Keywords: factor, Newton's method, polynomial
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 2.0)
Authors: C. Sidney Burrus (csb@rice.edu)
Copyright Holders: C. Sidney Burrus (csb@rice.edu)
Maintainers: C. Sidney Burrus (csb@rice.edu)
Version: 1.6 (history)
Created: Sep 28, 2007 2:16 pm GMT-5
Revised: Dec 5, 2007 9:27 pm US/Central

Version History

Version: 1.6 Dec 5, 2007 9:27 pm US/Central by C. Sidney Burrus
Changes: 
fixed reference number
Version: 1.5 Nov 28, 2007 12:13 pm US/Central by C. Sidney Burrus
Changes: 
edited
Version: 1.4 Nov 28, 2007 11:57 am US/Central by C. Sidney Burrus
Changes: 
changed title
Version: 1.3 Nov 28, 2007 11:55 am US/Central by C. Sidney Burrus
Changes: 
added links
Version: 1.2 Nov 28, 2007 11:43 am US/Central by C. Sidney Burrus
Changes: 
 clean up code
Version: 1.1 Nov 28, 2007 11:38 am US/Central by C. Sidney Burrus
Changes: 
clean up math

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