A note on Chambers’ method for finding a zero of a function

Cox, M. G.

doi:10.1090/S0025-5718-1972-0327020-0

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A note on Chambers’ method for finding a zero of a function
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Math. Comp. 26 (1972), 749-750 Request permission

Abstract:

A class of methods due to Chambers is compared with the secant method and the method of inverse quadratic interpolation.

References

Ll. G. Chambers, A quadratic formula for finding the root of an equation, Math. Comp. 25 (1971), 305–307. MR 295559, DOI 10.1090/S0025-5718-1971-0295559-1
J. F. Traub, Iterative methods for the solution of equations, Prentice-Hall Series in Automatic Computation, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1964. MR 0169356