A Historical Survey of Solution by Functional Iteration

DOI10.2307/2689923zbMath0686.65023OpenAlexW4231924627MaRDI QIDQ4205009

D. F. Bailey

Publication date: 1989

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2689923

zbMATH Keywords

Newton's methodhistorical surveyfixed point iterationalgebraic equationfunctional iterationBabyloniansextraction of \(n\)th rootsHabash al-Hasib al-Marwazi

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Fixed-point theorems (47H10) History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) Numerical computation of solutions to single equations (65H05) History of mathematics in the Golden Age of Islam (01A30) Iteration of real functions in one variable (26A18) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of numerical analysis (65-03) History of functional analysis (46-03) History of Babylonian mathematics (01A17) History of mathematics of the indigenous cultures of Europe (pre-Greek, etc.) (01A15)

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