For over three centuries, Isaac Newton’s method has been a cornerstone of applied mathematics, its influence felt across diverse fields. From finance and logistics to physics and the cutting edge of ...

The bisection method is useful only up to a point. In order to get good accuracy we must do a relatively large number of iterations. This is even more of a problem if many roots are to be found. A ...

The Monthly publishes articles, as well as notes and other features, about mathematics and the profession. Its readers span a broad spectrum of mathematical interests, and include professional ...