Limit Guessing Algorithm

ram.rachum at gmail.com ram.rachum at gmail.com
Sun Dec 2 16:58:02 EST 2007


On Dec 2, 11:50 pm, Paul Rubin <http://phr...@NOSPAM.invalid> wrote:
> "ram.rac... at gmail.com" <ram.rac... at gmail.com> writes:
> > > Look under "limits" in the table of contents.
>
> > I'm a third year math undergrad. You probably did not understand my
> > question.
>
> I think I understood the question.  It sounds like a numerical methods
> homework problem.  Basically you have f(x0), f(x1), etc. and you want
> to extrapolate to x=infinity.  Hint: think of a0=1/x0, a1=1/x1, etc.
> so your initial data is f(1/a0), f(1/a1), etc. and it should be pretty
> obvious what to do next.

Well Paul, it's not obvious to me, so if you could explain it I'll be
grateful.

Also, this is not a homework assignment. This is something I need for
some physical simulations I'm writing.

Thank you,
Ram.



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