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Practice Question 1 - Single Variable Functions
Practice Question 1 - Single Variable Functions
Practice Question 1 - Single Variable Functions
From the book NME - Numerical Methods for Engineers, 7th ed.
1. NME Exercises 5.1, 6.2 (check the modified secant method on p.161), 6.8, 6.15
Optimization
1. Write in words what the second derivative of a function f (x) tells you about f (x) and
f ' (x) . What happens at the point x=a where f ' ' ( x)=0 ?
2. NME Exercises 13.11