DOCUMENTA MATHEMATICA, Vol. Extra Volume: Optimization Stories (2012), 25-30

Peter Deuflhard

A Short History of Newton's Method

2010 Mathematics Subject Classification: 01A45, 65-03, 65H05, 65H10, 65J15, 65K99

Keywords and Phrases: History of Newton's method, Simpson, Raphson, Kantorovich, Mysoskikh, geometric approach, algebraic approach

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