Chapter 3: Problem 87
Show that the function \(f(x)=x^{3}+x+1\) has no relative extrema on \((-\infty, \infty)\).
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Chapter 3: Problem 87
Show that the function \(f(x)=x^{3}+x+1\) has no relative extrema on \((-\infty, \infty)\).
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Use Newton's method to obtain an approximation of the root of \(\cos ^{-1} x-x=0\) accurate to three decimal places.
Use Newton's method to approximate the indicated zero of the function. Continue with the iteration until two successive approximations differ by less than \(0.0001\). The zero of \(f(x)=x^{3}+x-4\) between \(x=0\) and \(x=2\). Take \(x_{0}=1\).
Use Newton's method to approximate the indicated zero of the function. Continue with the iteration until two successive approximations differ by less than \(0.0001\). The zero of \(f(x)=x^{5}+x-1\) between \(x=0\) and \(x=1\). Take \(x_{0}=0.5\).
Least Squares Approximation Suppose we are given \(n\) data points $$ P_{1}\left(x_{1}, y_{1}\right), P_{2}\left(x_{2}, y_{2}\right), \ldots, P_{n}\left(x_{n}, y_{n}\right) $$ that are scattered about the graph of a straight line with equation \(y=a x\) (see the figure). The error in approximating \(y_{i}\) by the value of the function \(f(x)=a x\) at \(x_{i}\) is $$ \left[y_{i}-f\left(x_{i}\right)\right] \quad 1 \leq i \leq n $$ a. Show that the sum of the squares of the errors in approximating \(y_{i}\) by \(f\left(x_{i}\right)\) for \(1 \leq i \leq n\) is \(g(a)=\left(y_{1}-a x_{1}\right)^{2}+\left(y_{2}-a x_{2}\right)^{2}+\cdots+\left(y_{n}-a x_{n}\right)^{2}\) b. Show that \(g\) is minimized if $$ a=\frac{x_{1} y_{1}+x_{2} y_{2}+\cdots+x_{n} y_{n}}{x_{1}^{2}+x_{2}^{2}+\cdots+x_{n}^{2}} $$
Use Newton's method to approximate the indicated zero of the function. Continue with the iteration until two successive approximations differ by less than \(0.0001\). The zero of \(f(x)=5 x+\cos x-5\) between \(x=0\) and \(x=1\). Take \(x_{0}=0.5\).
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