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"# Secant method"
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"Given initial guess $x_0$, $x_1$, we find the next estimate by\n",
"$$\n",
"x_2 = x_1 - f(x_1) \\frac{x_1 - x_0}{f(x_1) - f(x_0)}\n",
"$$\n",
"We iterate until\n",
"$$\n",
"|x_2 - x_1| < |x_2| \\epsilon\n",
"$$\n",
"Let us find roots of\n",
"$$\n",
"f(x) = \\exp(x) - \\frac{3}{2} - \\arctan(x)\n",
"$$"
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"%matplotlib inline\n",
"%config InlineBackend.figure_format = 'svg'\n",
"from numpy import exp, arctan, linspace, abs\n",
"import matplotlib.pyplot as plt\n",
"\n",
"f = lambda x: exp(x) - 3.0/2.0 - arctan(x)\n",
"\n",
"x = linspace(0.0, 1.0, 100)\n",
"plt.plot(x,f(x))\n",
"plt.grid(True)"
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"0 0.5 0.6 -0.31492633830067795 -0.21830069988007528\n",
"1 0.6 0.8259241992584121 -0.21830069988007528 0.09364094333639517\n",
"2 0.8259241992584121 0.7581046067123907 0.09364094333639517 -0.014440726409248872\n",
"3 0.7581046067123907 0.7671659413813372 -0.014440726409248872 -0.0007430824196771324\n",
"4 0.7671659413813372 0.7676575090185478 -0.0007430824196771324 6.472411304581094e-06\n",
"Number of iterations = 5\n",
"Final solution = 0.7676532662012716 -1.1213252548714081e-14\n"
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"M = 50 # maximum number of iterations\n",
"eps = 1.0e-6 # tolerance for stopping\n",
"x0, x1 = 0.5, 0.6\n",
"\n",
"for i in range(M):\n",
" f0, f1 = f(x0), f(x1)\n",
" x2 = x1 - f1*(x1 - x0)/(f1 - f0)\n",
" if abs(x2-x1) < abs(x2)*eps:\n",
" break\n",
" print(i, x0, x1, f0, f1)\n",
" x0, x1 = x1, x2\n",
" \n",
"print(\"Number of iterations = \", i)\n",
"print(\"Final solution = \", x2, f(x2))"
]
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