The secant method ![[ Back ] [ Back ]](/components/com_simplecalendar/assets/images/back_icon.gif)
- Date:
- 15.11.17
- Times:
- 09:30 to 10:30
- Place:
- IMUB-Universitat de Barcelona
- Speaker:
- Toni Garijo
- University:
- Universitat Rovira i VIrgili
Abstract:
We consider the secant method as a dynamical system defined in the real plane. Let $p$ be a polynomial we consider the dynamical system given by $T(x,y)=(y,y-p(y)\frac{x-y}{p(x)-p(y)})$, we investigate the dynamical properties of $T$ and the relation with the roots of the polynomial $p$.