Newton's Method Obeys Benford's Law

DOI10.1080/00029890.2007.11920449zbMath1136.65048OpenAlexW1537994955WikidataQ58120615 ScholiaQ58120615MaRDI QIDQ5445950

Arno Berger, Theodore P. Hill

Publication date: 6 March 2008

Published in: The American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00029890.2007.11920449

zbMATH Keywords

Newton's methodnumerical examplesroundoff errorBenford's lawzeros of functionsnonuniformity of significant digits

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Roundoff error (65G50) Numerical computation of solutions to single equations (65H05) Normal numbers, radix expansions, Pisot numbers, Salem numbers, good lattice points, etc. (11K16)

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