7/15/23, 2:42 PM Secant method Algorithm & Example-1 f(x)=x^3-x-1

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1. Algorithm & Example-1 f(x) = x 3 - x - 1
2. Example-2 f(x) = 2x 3 - 2x - 5 1. Bisection method
3. Example-3 x = √12 2. False Position method (regula falsi method)
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3. Newton Raphson method
4. Example-4 x = √48 4. Fixed Point Iteration method
5. Example-5 f(x) = x 3 + 2x 2 + x - 1 5. Secant method
6. Muller method
7. Halley's method
8. Steffensen's method
9. Ridder's method

4. Fixed Point Iteration method 2. Example-2 f(x

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1. Algorithm & Example-1 f(x) = x 3 - x - 1

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Algorithm
Secant method Steps (Rule)
Step-1:
( ) ( )
Find points x 0 and x 1 such that x 0 < x 1 and f x 0 ⋅ f x 1 < 0.

Step-2: find next value using

x1 - x0
( )
Formula-1 : x 2 = x 0 - f x 0 ⋅
( Enter your problem )
( ) ( )
f x1 - f x0

x 0 ⋅ f (x 1 ) - x 1 ⋅ f (x 0 )
or Formula-2 : x 2 =
f (x 1 ) - f (x 0 )

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7/15/23, 2:42 PM Secant method Algorithm & Example-1 f(x)=x^3-x-1
x1 - x0
( )
or Formula-3 : x 2 = x 1 - f x 1 ⋅
( ) ( )
f x1 - f x0
(Using any of the formula, you will get same x2 value)
Step-3:
( )
If f x 2 = 0 then x 2 is an exact root,
else x 0 = x 1 and x 1 = x 2

Step-4:
()
Repeat steps 2 & 3 until f x i = 0 or f x i| ( )| ≤ Accuracy
Example-1
Find a root of an equation f(x) = x 3 - x - 1 using Secant method

Solution:
Here x 3 - x - 1 = 0

Let f(x) = x 3 - x - 1

Here
x 0 1 2
f(x) -1 -1 5

1 st iteration :

x 0 = 1 and x 1 = 2

( ) ( )
f x 0 = f(1) = - 1 and f x 1 = f(2) = 5

x1 - x0
∴ x2 = x0 - f x0 ⋅( )
( ) ( )
f x1 - f x0

2-1
x 2 = 1 - ( - 1) ×
5 - ( - 1)

x 2 = 1.16667

( )
∴ f x 2 = f(1.16667) = - 0.5787

2 nd iteration :

x 1 = 2 and x 2 = 1.16667

( ) ( )
f x 1 = f(2) = 5 and f x 2 = f(1.16667) = - 0.5787

x2 - x1
∴ x3 = x1 - f x1 ⋅( )
( ) ( )
f x2 - f x1

1.16667 - 2
x3 = 2 - 5 ×
- 0.5787 - 5

x 3 = 1.25311

( )
∴ f x 3 = f(1.25311) = - 0.28536

( Enter your problem )

3 rd iteration :

x 2 = 1.16667 and x 3 = 1.25311

( ) ( )
f x 2 = f(1.16667) = - 0.5787 and f x 3 = f(1.25311) = - 0.28536

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7/15/23, 2:42 PM Secant method Algorithm & Example-1 f(x)=x^3-x-1
x3 - x2
( )
∴ x4 = x2 - f x2 ⋅
( ) ( )
f x3 - f x2

1.25311 - 1.16667
x 4 = 1.16667 - ( - 0.5787) ×
- 0.28536 - ( - 0.5787)

x 4 = 1.33721

( )
∴ f x 4 = f(1.33721) = 0.05388

4 th iteration :

x 3 = 1.25311 and x 4 = 1.33721

( ) ( )
f x 3 = f(1.25311) = - 0.28536 and f x 4 = f(1.33721) = 0.05388

x4 - x3
( )
∴ x5 = x3 - f x3 ⋅
( ) ( )
f x4 - f x3

1.33721 - 1.25311
x 5 = 1.25311 - ( - 0.28536) ×
0.05388 - ( - 0.28536)

x 5 = 1.32385

( )
∴ f x 5 = f(1.32385) = - 0.0037

5 th iteration :

x 4 = 1.33721 and x 5 = 1.32385

( ) ( )
f x 4 = f(1.33721) = 0.05388 and f x 5 = f(1.32385) = - 0.0037

x5 - x4
( )
∴ x6 = x4 - f x4 ⋅
( ) ( )
f x5 - f x4

1.32385 - 1.33721
x 6 = 1.33721 - 0.05388 ×
- 0.0037 - 0.05388

x 6 = 1.32471

( )
∴ f x 6 = f(1.32471) = - 0.00004

Approximate root of the equation x 3 - x - 1 = 0 using Secant method is 1.32471

n x0 ( )
f x0 x1 ( )
f x1 x2 ( )
f x2

1 1 -1 2 5 1.16667 -0.5787

2 2 5 1.16667 -0.5787 1.25311 -0.28536

3 1.16667 -0.5787 1.25311 -0.28536 1.33721 0.05388

( Enter your problem )

4 1.25311 -0.28536 1.33721 0.05388 1.32385 -0.0037

5 1.33721 0.05388 1.32385 -0.0037 1.32471 -0.00004

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