Nonlinear Equations : All in One

by Ravinder Kumar

You might like to press F11 to view the Microworld in Full Screen mode.

Nonlinear Equations Book Description:

When f(x) is a nonlinear function, there is often no general procedure for finding exact solutions to the equation: f(x) = 0. Various methods are explored, in the 14 pages of this Microworld, for finding approximate numerical solutions of the equation in this case. In particular the following methods are explored and illustrated:

1. Bisection method
2. Secant method
3. Newton's method
4. Fixed Point Iteration Method

Newton's method is also used for determining complex roots. This book can be used both as a solver as well as an exploratory tool. The users are asked carefully to explore the methods and then describe the methods in their own words.

. Scroll down to enter this 14-page Microworld.