Newton's method - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton's_methodThe name "Newton's method" is derived from Isaac Newton's description of a special case of the method in De analysi per aequationes numero terminorum infinitas (written in 1669, published in 1711 by William Jones) and in De metodis fluxionum et serierum infinitarum (written in 1671, translated and published as Method of Fluxions in 1736 by John Colson). However, his method differs substantially from the modern method given above. Newton applied the method only to p…
Newton's Method and Optimization
relate.cs.illinois.edu › cs357-slides-newton2notes on newton’s method for optimization The roots of rf correspond to the critical points of f But in optimization, we will be looking for a specific type of critical point (e.g. minima and maxima) rf = 0 is only a necessary condition for optimization. We must check the second derivative to confirm the type of critical point.
Newton's method in optimization - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Newton&In calculus, Newton's method is an iterative method for finding the roots of a differentiable function F, which are solutions to the equation F (x) = 0.As such, Newton's method can be applied to the derivative f ′ of a twice-differentiable function f to find the roots of the derivative (solutions to f ′(x) = 0), also known as the critical points of f.