Day 69 in Mat120

Today:

• No more new worksheets! Hooray!

• Return 7.5 problems

• Note: due date Friday for Newton's method problems.

• Quiz Opportunity over Section 4.9

• No problems to collect.

• Questions on old stuff?

• Section 4.9:
  • worksheet study questions

  • Shooting at a root:
    • a helpful (but static) visual aid
    • A java illustration
    • Newton's method and fractals
    • A pathological example: what can go wrong

  • Problems:
    • Finding roots in general: #1, 4
    • Calculating a square root (plus deflation to find the other!)
    • Calculating an arbitrary inverse function
    • Calculating pi to 10 digits

• section summary

Next time: More Newton's method problems