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  2. Root-finding algorithm - Wikipedia

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    Appearance. In numerical analysis, a root-finding algorithm is an algorithm for finding zeros, also called "roots", of continuous functions. A zero of a function f is a number x such that f(x) = 0. As, generally, the zeros of a function cannot be computed exactly nor expressed in closed form, root-finding algorithms provide approximations to ...

  3. Secant method - Wikipedia

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    In numerical analysis, the secant method is a root-finding algorithm that uses a succession of roots of secant lines to better approximate a root of a function f. The secant method can be thought of as a finite-difference approximation of Newton's method, so it is considered a quasi-Newton method. Historically, it is as an evolution of the ...

  4. Jenkins–Traub algorithm - Wikipedia

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    The Jenkins–Traub algorithm for polynomial zeros is a fast globally convergent iterative polynomial root-finding method published in 1970 by Michael A. Jenkins and Joseph F. Traub. They gave two variants, one for general polynomials with complex coefficients, commonly known as the "CPOLY" algorithm, and a more complicated variant for the ...

  5. Zero of a function - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a zero (also sometimes called a root) of a real -, complex -, or generally vector-valued function , is a member of the domain of such that vanishes at ; that is, the function attains the value of 0 at , or equivalently, is a solution to the equation . [1] A "zero" of a function is thus an input value that produces an output of 0.

  6. Zen of Python - Wikipedia

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    The Zen of Python is a collection of 19 "guiding principles" for writing computer programs that influence the design of the Python programming language. [1] Python code that aligns with these principles is often referred to as "Pythonic". [2] Software engineer Tim Peters wrote this set of principles and posted it on the Python mailing list in ...

  7. One-time pad - Wikipedia

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    One-time pad. A format of one-time pad used by the U.S. National Security Agency, code named DIANA. The table on the right is an aid for converting between plaintext and ciphertext using the characters at left as the key. In cryptography, the one-time pad (OTP) is an encryption technique that cannot be cracked, but requires the use of a single ...

  8. Find first set - Wikipedia

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    Find first set. In computer software and hardware, find first set (ffs) or find first one is a bit operation that, given an unsigned machine word, [ nb 1 ] designates the index or position of the least significant bit set to one in the word counting from the least significant bit position. A nearly equivalent operation is count trailing zeros ...

  9. Tree (abstract data type) - Wikipedia

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    The root node at the top (with the value 2 here), has no parent as it is the highest in the tree hierarchy. In computer science, a tree is a widely used abstract data type that represents a hierarchical tree structure with a set of connected nodes. Each node in the tree can be connected to many children (depending on the type of tree), but must ...