Newton's method (nonfiction)
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In numerical analysis, Newton's method (also known as the Newton–Raphson method), named after Isaac Newton and Joseph Raphson, is a method for finding successively better approximations to the roots (or zeroes) of a real-valued function.
It is one example of a root-finding algorithm.
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Diagram of hand holding up two fingers is "honored to represent the entire class of natural numbers."
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- Number @ Wikipedia