[R] newton raphson

[Uwe Ligges]

Dear Jesper,

since you want to write this yourself it is obvious this is a homework 
problem. Please ask your supervisor for support on homeworks.

Uwe Ligges



On 02.06.2011 22:28, Jesper Hörnblad wrote:
> Hi
>
> I would like to use the newton raphson method to find the root if the
> equation x^3-0.165*x+0.0003993 without using any readliy available program
> in r but instead by writing my own code and loop. the  problem is that i
> really cant understand how to write the loop so that it keeps using the last
> calcualted values. if anyone could help me or give me some tips i would
> deeply appriciate it
>
> thanks
> jesper
>
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