Using secant parabolas to find roots

• Autores: Yajun Yang, Sheldon P. Gordon, Daniel Ness (coord.), Nick Wasserman (coord.), Benjamin Dickman (coord.)
• Localización: Mathematics teacher, ISSN-e 2330-0582, ISSN 0025-5769, Vol. 112, Nº 3, 2018 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Tool kit for early-carrer teachers), págs. 231-235
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.5951/mathteacher.112.3.0231
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• Resumen

  • Yang and Gordon discusses the use of secant parabolas in finding the roots of equations. One of the most important and longest standing problems in mathematics is finding the roots of equations. Solving any linear equation is trivial. However, solving quadratic equations is more challenging.