EEE 2212

Numerical Technique Sessional

Experiment No.: 04
Amanur Rahman
Lecturer, Dept. of EEE
BAUET
Methods for Solving non-linear equation
• Bisection method.
• False position method.
• Newton-Raphson method.
• Secant method.
Secant Method

• Roots are found by using algorithms, that uses

succession of roots of secant lines to better approximate
a root of a function.
• It is necessary to choose two initial values
Secant Method
A secant line is defined by using two points on graph of a function f(x).
 

It is necessary to choose these two initial points as and The next point
is obtained by computing x-value at which the secant line passing
through the points [,f()] and [,f()] has a y co-ordinate of zero.
Secant Method
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Secant Method
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Advantages of Secant Method
Drawbacks of Secant Method
Newton vs Secant Method
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Example
Find a real root of the equation of the equation
3
 𝑓 ( 𝑥 ) = 𝑥 − 2 𝑥 − 5=0
Solution:
 Let the two initial approximations be given by =3 and
 We have f=16 and f
Putting i =0 we obtain from secant formulae
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=  = 2.058823529
 Now, We have f
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Example

Putting i =1 we obtain from secant formulae

= 

=  = 2.08126366

 Do it for three significant figures

** Reference Book: Introductory Methods of numerical
Analysis by S.S. Sastry