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| The second script suggests a good initial guess for zeros of | The second script suggests a good initial guess for zeros of | ||
| - | the equation | + | the function |
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| - | i.e. points $x$ for which $f(x) = 0$. The script plots contour lines near $f_1=0$ and $f_2=0$ | + | i.e. points $x$ for which $f(x) = 0$. The script plots contour lines near $f_1=0$ and $f_2=0$. |
| - | near zero. The intersection of these curves are points where both $f_1$ and $f_2$ are nearly | + | The intersection of these curves are points where both components of $f$ are near zero, and |
| - | zero, and so serve as good guesses for a Newton search. | + | so serve as good guesses for a Newton search. |
| <code> | <code> | ||