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Article #1046?: Differentiation and Newton's method on complex-valued functions
From: Alex Ramos
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 22:34
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 22:34
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Suppose I have an arbitrary function H(s), which can be assumed as
being of the form F(s)/G(s), where F and G are polynomials that very
likely have complex roots. However, the function is not available in
explicit form, but it can be numerically evaluated at any point with
calculator's accuracy (12 digits).
I would like to approximate the roots of F(s) and G(s) so as to express
H(s) explicitly in terms of s.
I suppose Newton's method would work satisfactorily,
unfortunately I don't have a clue on how to approximate the derivative
of a complex-valued function (note that s is complex as well).
Are there any commonly known algorithms for that?
Thanks in advance for any help. (post or e-mail either is fine)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!darwin.sura.net!aurora.LaTech.edu!ramos From: ramos@engr.LaTech.edu (Alex Ramos) Newsgroups: sci.math.num-analysis Subject: ?: Differentiation and Newton's method on complex-valued functions Date: 22 Jan 1993 22:34:48 GMT Organization: Louisiana Tech University Lines: 25 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <1jpsq8INNbc@aurora.engr.LaTech.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: nebula.engr.latech.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]