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Direct linkPandharikar, N. S.; Deshpande, M. N. – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2002
In this note we consider an experiment involving an urn and k balls with numbers 1, 2, 3, ..., k. The experiment consists of drawing n balls either with replacement or without replacement. We note some surprising results.
Descriptors: Probability, Comparative Analysis, Demonstrations (Educational), Monte Carlo Methods
Peer reviewedMathews, John H. – AMATYC Review, 1989
Describes Newton's method to locate roots of an equation using the Newton-Raphson iteration formula. Develops an adaptive method overcoming limitations of the iteration method. Provides the algorithm and computer program of the adaptive Newton-Raphson method. (YP)
Descriptors: Algorithms, College Mathematics, Computation, Equations (Mathematics)
