Naval Postgraduate School
Student misconceptions using Newton's method for nonlinear optimization
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Newton's Method is used to find roots of differentiable functions,
and is easily adapted to find critical points of twice-differentiable
functions. Students often rely on the numerical results of Newton's
Method without a complete analysis of the function. We offer a function
that when used in a lab setting using technology allows the students
to gain further insights into the use of Newton's Method.
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