Bo is correct

There is a "zero rule"  so n^0 =1 if n is not equal to 0. Bo is correct

the only possible 0^0 is the same as 0*0

Possibly the coding for ^ should take this into account.



On 2020-02-05 10:14 p.m., Skip Cave wrote:
Bo,
The original equation is:
(x^x)=2*x
2 is clearly a root. 0 is clearly not, as 0^0 = 1


Skip Cave



On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 2:37 PM 'Bo Jacoby' via Programming <
programm...@jsoftware.com> wrote:

  Skip.  (x^x)-(2*x) = x*(x-2) is zero for x=0 and x=2. Two real roots.
Newton Raphson finds one of these depending on the value of the initial
guess.
Bo.
     Den onsdag den 5. februar 2020 19.08.23 CET skrev Henry Rich <
henryhr...@gmail.com>:

  Yeah, a rational y wouldn't ever quite satisfy 0 = _2 0 1 p. y

Henry Rich

On 2/5/2020 1:04 PM, Devon McCormick wrote:
You especially need guardrails if you try something like this:
    _2 0 1&p. Newton 1      NB. OK - square root of 2
1.41421
    _2 0 1&p. Newton 1x    NB. Try extended precision
    C-c C-c|break            NB. After waiting a while...
|      _2 0 1&p.Newton 1
    NB. Failure to terminate...


On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 7:34 AM Henry Rich <henryhr...@gmail.com> wrote:

I misread your function.

      (^~ - +:) Newton 1.1
0.346323j1.2326e_32
      (^~ - +:) Newton 0.5
0.346323

Still need those guardrails!

Henry Rich

On 2/5/2020 2:21 AM, Skip Cave wrote:
In "Fifty Shades of J" chapter 23, the Newton Raphson algorithm is
described thusly:

Newton =: adverb : ']-u%(u D.1)'(^:_)("0)

How would that be defined using the new derivative verbs?

Also, what is the replacement for d.?

How would I find the roots of (x^x)=2*x using Newton Raphson?

Skip

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