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An equation f(x)=0 has 2 roots in the interval between 0 and 8. What is the value or a description for which the Newton Raphson method will fail to converge?

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    You haven't given enough information for there to be anything more than a tautological answer to your question. Do you know anything about $f$, other than it having 2 roots? If not, there's not much to say.2011-01-06
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    This depends largely on the shape of the graph, and on the choice of starting point, $x_0$. In particular if their are horizontal tangents or vertical asymptotes in the interval [0,8], Newton's method may fail.2011-01-06
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    In general, this is a very difficult question. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_fractal for instance.2011-02-05

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