factor/unmaintained/math/newtons-method/newtons-method.factor

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! Copyright (c) 2008 Reginald Keith Ford II.
! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
USING: kernel math math.derivatives ;
IN: math.newtons-method
! Newton's method of approximating roots
<PRIVATE
: newton-step ( x function -- x2 )
dupd [ call ] [ derivative ] 2bi / - ; inline
: newton-precision ( -- n ) 13 ; inline
PRIVATE>
: newtons-method ( guess function -- x )
newton-precision [ [ newton-step ] keep ] times drop ;