What i entered in console and received
>> newton(x^3-x,3x^2-1,-1,1e-5,20) ??? newton(x^3-x,3x^2-1,-1,1e-5,20) | Error: Unexpected MATLAB expression.
function used is as follows
function [ x, ex ] = newton( f, df, x0, tol, nmax )%
% NEWTON Newton's Method
% Newton's method for finding successively better approximations to the
% zeroes of a real-valued function.
%% Input:
% f - input funtion
% df - derived input function
% x0 - inicial aproximation
% tol - tolerance
% nmax - maximum number of iterations
%% Output:
% x - aproximation to root
% ex - error estimate
%% Example:
% [ x, ex ] = newton( 'exp(x)+x', 'exp(x)+1', 0, 0.5*10^-5, 10 )
if nargin == 3 tol = 1e-4; nmax = 1e1; elseif nargin == 4 nmax = 1e1; elseif nargin ~= 5 error('newton: invalid input parameters'); end f = inline(f); df = inline(df); x(1) = x0 - (f(x0)/df(x0)); ex(1) = abs(x(1)-x0); k = 2; while (ex(k-1) >= tol) && (k <= nmax) x(k) = x(k-1) - (f(x(k-1))/df(x(k-1))); ex(k) = abs(x(k)-x(k-1)); k = k+1; endend
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