"""Newton's Method.""" # Newton's Method - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%27s_method # function is the f(x) and function1 is the f'(x) def newton(function, function1, startingInt): x_n = startingInt while True: x_n1 = x_n - function(x_n) / function1(x_n) if abs(x_n - x_n1) < 10 ** -5: return x_n1 x_n = x_n1 def f(x): return (x ** 3) - (2 * x) - 5 def f1(x): return 3 * (x ** 2) - 2 if __name__ == "__main__": print(newton(f, f1, 3))