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Description Plot of x^3 - 2x + 2, including tangent lines at x = 0 and x = 1. Illustrates why Newton's method doesn't always converge for this function.
Date 14 March 2008
Source Self-made, created using FooPlot and modified in Inkscape.
Author Aaron Rotenberg

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