Harvard AM205 video 4.3 - Newton and secant methods

Harvard Applied Math 205 is a graduate-level course on scientific computing and numerical methods. In the previous video we introduced the fixed-point iteration for solving nonlinear equations. This video discusses the Newton method, which can be viewed as a particularly effective choice of fixed-point iteration. The secant method is also introduced and both methods are demonstrated via a computer example.

[Sajad-dq]

It was so interesting and fun to me to derive the Newton method from the fixed point iteration 😄
I always like to relate things together and found this pretty satisfying.

[emf]

This course is a great resource. Thanks for making it public