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Newton fails

1.
Start with newton3d_demo.mws from the web page and modify it to solve the system in Exercise 3c on page 422 of the book.

2.
Use fsolve to find an exact solution.

3.
If we start with the initial guess (0,0,0), what happens to Newton's method? What if we start with (1,0,0)?



Allen B. Downey
1998-11-08