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I am currently completing a maths project that aims to approximate the roots of functions using MATLAB.



The two root finding methods that I have used are inverse quadratic interpolation and the secant method.



I have written scripts for both methods and have obtained approximations to the roots of different functions.



I was wondering if it was possible to graphically illustrate the various iterations for a specific function, on the same graph, to show the method converging to the actual root value?



If this is possible I would like to be able to complete it on MATLAB if not then excel?



Does anyone know if this is possible or even how to go about completing it?



Thank you!!










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  • I can't tell you how, but it is doable, no doubt. I would just like to stress that you won't be able to show many iterations as such, because the drawing accuracy will quickly be reached. It is advisable to plot the logarithm of the (absolute) difference to the exact root (which you will precompute), to magnify the scale.
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I am currently completing a maths project that aims to approximate the roots of functions using MATLAB.



The two root finding methods that I have used are inverse quadratic interpolation and the secant method.



I have written scripts for both methods and have obtained approximations to the roots of different functions.



I was wondering if it was possible to graphically illustrate the various iterations for a specific function, on the same graph, to show the method converging to the actual root value?



If this is possible I would like to be able to complete it on MATLAB if not then excel?



Does anyone know if this is possible or even how to go about completing it?



Thank you!!










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  • I can't tell you how, but it is doable, no doubt. I would just like to stress that you won't be able to show many iterations as such, because the drawing accuracy will quickly be reached. It is advisable to plot the logarithm of the (absolute) difference to the exact root (which you will precompute), to magnify the scale.
    – Yves Daoust
    Jun 6 '16 at 19:10














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I am currently completing a maths project that aims to approximate the roots of functions using MATLAB.



The two root finding methods that I have used are inverse quadratic interpolation and the secant method.



I have written scripts for both methods and have obtained approximations to the roots of different functions.



I was wondering if it was possible to graphically illustrate the various iterations for a specific function, on the same graph, to show the method converging to the actual root value?



If this is possible I would like to be able to complete it on MATLAB if not then excel?



Does anyone know if this is possible or even how to go about completing it?



Thank you!!










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I am currently completing a maths project that aims to approximate the roots of functions using MATLAB.



The two root finding methods that I have used are inverse quadratic interpolation and the secant method.



I have written scripts for both methods and have obtained approximations to the roots of different functions.



I was wondering if it was possible to graphically illustrate the various iterations for a specific function, on the same graph, to show the method converging to the actual root value?



If this is possible I would like to be able to complete it on MATLAB if not then excel?



Does anyone know if this is possible or even how to go about completing it?



Thank you!!







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  • I can't tell you how, but it is doable, no doubt. I would just like to stress that you won't be able to show many iterations as such, because the drawing accuracy will quickly be reached. It is advisable to plot the logarithm of the (absolute) difference to the exact root (which you will precompute), to magnify the scale.
    – Yves Daoust
    Jun 6 '16 at 19:10


















  • I can't tell you how, but it is doable, no doubt. I would just like to stress that you won't be able to show many iterations as such, because the drawing accuracy will quickly be reached. It is advisable to plot the logarithm of the (absolute) difference to the exact root (which you will precompute), to magnify the scale.
    – Yves Daoust
    Jun 6 '16 at 19:10
















I can't tell you how, but it is doable, no doubt. I would just like to stress that you won't be able to show many iterations as such, because the drawing accuracy will quickly be reached. It is advisable to plot the logarithm of the (absolute) difference to the exact root (which you will precompute), to magnify the scale.
– Yves Daoust
Jun 6 '16 at 19:10




I can't tell you how, but it is doable, no doubt. I would just like to stress that you won't be able to show many iterations as such, because the drawing accuracy will quickly be reached. It is advisable to plot the logarithm of the (absolute) difference to the exact root (which you will precompute), to magnify the scale.
– Yves Daoust
Jun 6 '16 at 19:10










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This is just a suggestion. Create a table $[n_1,x_{n_1}]$ where $n_1$ is the iteration number and $x_n$ the predicted value for the solution using method $1$. Do the same for method $2$ creating a table $[n_2,x_{n_2}]$. Now, plot the values of $x_{n_1}$ and $x_{n_2}$ as a function of $n$. Eventually, add to the plot the horizontal line corresponding to the exact solution.



Is this totally stupid or undoable (I don't know Matlab) ?






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  • Hey! Thanks for your suggestion! I don't think I explained myself particularly well so apologies!! Basically, I have created scripts using MATLAB that will compute + then output an approximation for the root of a function using the secant method and inverse quadratic interpolation (IQI) method. These methods use initial root approximations and then keep repeating the process, using the new approximation and the latter one (secant) or two (IQI) until convergence occurrs. I was wondering if there was anyway to display all the iterations on the one graph just to illustrate convergence.
    – projectone
    Apr 5 '14 at 15:03












  • For the secant method for example; I would like to have a graph of the function I am investigating and then on this graph I was wondering if it was possible to show all the different lines that MATLAB used to compute the root?
    – projectone
    Apr 5 '14 at 15:09










  • ! commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Secant_method_2.svg I was hoping that I could achieve something like this image where the blue lines represent the different iterations? Thank you very much for replying though! :)
    – projectone
    Apr 5 '14 at 15:11











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This is just a suggestion. Create a table $[n_1,x_{n_1}]$ where $n_1$ is the iteration number and $x_n$ the predicted value for the solution using method $1$. Do the same for method $2$ creating a table $[n_2,x_{n_2}]$. Now, plot the values of $x_{n_1}$ and $x_{n_2}$ as a function of $n$. Eventually, add to the plot the horizontal line corresponding to the exact solution.



Is this totally stupid or undoable (I don't know Matlab) ?






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  • Hey! Thanks for your suggestion! I don't think I explained myself particularly well so apologies!! Basically, I have created scripts using MATLAB that will compute + then output an approximation for the root of a function using the secant method and inverse quadratic interpolation (IQI) method. These methods use initial root approximations and then keep repeating the process, using the new approximation and the latter one (secant) or two (IQI) until convergence occurrs. I was wondering if there was anyway to display all the iterations on the one graph just to illustrate convergence.
    – projectone
    Apr 5 '14 at 15:03












  • For the secant method for example; I would like to have a graph of the function I am investigating and then on this graph I was wondering if it was possible to show all the different lines that MATLAB used to compute the root?
    – projectone
    Apr 5 '14 at 15:09










  • ! commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Secant_method_2.svg I was hoping that I could achieve something like this image where the blue lines represent the different iterations? Thank you very much for replying though! :)
    – projectone
    Apr 5 '14 at 15:11
















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This is just a suggestion. Create a table $[n_1,x_{n_1}]$ where $n_1$ is the iteration number and $x_n$ the predicted value for the solution using method $1$. Do the same for method $2$ creating a table $[n_2,x_{n_2}]$. Now, plot the values of $x_{n_1}$ and $x_{n_2}$ as a function of $n$. Eventually, add to the plot the horizontal line corresponding to the exact solution.



Is this totally stupid or undoable (I don't know Matlab) ?






share|cite|improve this answer





















  • Hey! Thanks for your suggestion! I don't think I explained myself particularly well so apologies!! Basically, I have created scripts using MATLAB that will compute + then output an approximation for the root of a function using the secant method and inverse quadratic interpolation (IQI) method. These methods use initial root approximations and then keep repeating the process, using the new approximation and the latter one (secant) or two (IQI) until convergence occurrs. I was wondering if there was anyway to display all the iterations on the one graph just to illustrate convergence.
    – projectone
    Apr 5 '14 at 15:03












  • For the secant method for example; I would like to have a graph of the function I am investigating and then on this graph I was wondering if it was possible to show all the different lines that MATLAB used to compute the root?
    – projectone
    Apr 5 '14 at 15:09










  • ! commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Secant_method_2.svg I was hoping that I could achieve something like this image where the blue lines represent the different iterations? Thank you very much for replying though! :)
    – projectone
    Apr 5 '14 at 15:11














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This is just a suggestion. Create a table $[n_1,x_{n_1}]$ where $n_1$ is the iteration number and $x_n$ the predicted value for the solution using method $1$. Do the same for method $2$ creating a table $[n_2,x_{n_2}]$. Now, plot the values of $x_{n_1}$ and $x_{n_2}$ as a function of $n$. Eventually, add to the plot the horizontal line corresponding to the exact solution.



Is this totally stupid or undoable (I don't know Matlab) ?






share|cite|improve this answer












This is just a suggestion. Create a table $[n_1,x_{n_1}]$ where $n_1$ is the iteration number and $x_n$ the predicted value for the solution using method $1$. Do the same for method $2$ creating a table $[n_2,x_{n_2}]$. Now, plot the values of $x_{n_1}$ and $x_{n_2}$ as a function of $n$. Eventually, add to the plot the horizontal line corresponding to the exact solution.



Is this totally stupid or undoable (I don't know Matlab) ?







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  • Hey! Thanks for your suggestion! I don't think I explained myself particularly well so apologies!! Basically, I have created scripts using MATLAB that will compute + then output an approximation for the root of a function using the secant method and inverse quadratic interpolation (IQI) method. These methods use initial root approximations and then keep repeating the process, using the new approximation and the latter one (secant) or two (IQI) until convergence occurrs. I was wondering if there was anyway to display all the iterations on the one graph just to illustrate convergence.
    – projectone
    Apr 5 '14 at 15:03












  • For the secant method for example; I would like to have a graph of the function I am investigating and then on this graph I was wondering if it was possible to show all the different lines that MATLAB used to compute the root?
    – projectone
    Apr 5 '14 at 15:09










  • ! commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Secant_method_2.svg I was hoping that I could achieve something like this image where the blue lines represent the different iterations? Thank you very much for replying though! :)
    – projectone
    Apr 5 '14 at 15:11


















  • Hey! Thanks for your suggestion! I don't think I explained myself particularly well so apologies!! Basically, I have created scripts using MATLAB that will compute + then output an approximation for the root of a function using the secant method and inverse quadratic interpolation (IQI) method. These methods use initial root approximations and then keep repeating the process, using the new approximation and the latter one (secant) or two (IQI) until convergence occurrs. I was wondering if there was anyway to display all the iterations on the one graph just to illustrate convergence.
    – projectone
    Apr 5 '14 at 15:03












  • For the secant method for example; I would like to have a graph of the function I am investigating and then on this graph I was wondering if it was possible to show all the different lines that MATLAB used to compute the root?
    – projectone
    Apr 5 '14 at 15:09










  • ! commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Secant_method_2.svg I was hoping that I could achieve something like this image where the blue lines represent the different iterations? Thank you very much for replying though! :)
    – projectone
    Apr 5 '14 at 15:11
















Hey! Thanks for your suggestion! I don't think I explained myself particularly well so apologies!! Basically, I have created scripts using MATLAB that will compute + then output an approximation for the root of a function using the secant method and inverse quadratic interpolation (IQI) method. These methods use initial root approximations and then keep repeating the process, using the new approximation and the latter one (secant) or two (IQI) until convergence occurrs. I was wondering if there was anyway to display all the iterations on the one graph just to illustrate convergence.
– projectone
Apr 5 '14 at 15:03






Hey! Thanks for your suggestion! I don't think I explained myself particularly well so apologies!! Basically, I have created scripts using MATLAB that will compute + then output an approximation for the root of a function using the secant method and inverse quadratic interpolation (IQI) method. These methods use initial root approximations and then keep repeating the process, using the new approximation and the latter one (secant) or two (IQI) until convergence occurrs. I was wondering if there was anyway to display all the iterations on the one graph just to illustrate convergence.
– projectone
Apr 5 '14 at 15:03














For the secant method for example; I would like to have a graph of the function I am investigating and then on this graph I was wondering if it was possible to show all the different lines that MATLAB used to compute the root?
– projectone
Apr 5 '14 at 15:09




For the secant method for example; I would like to have a graph of the function I am investigating and then on this graph I was wondering if it was possible to show all the different lines that MATLAB used to compute the root?
– projectone
Apr 5 '14 at 15:09












! commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Secant_method_2.svg I was hoping that I could achieve something like this image where the blue lines represent the different iterations? Thank you very much for replying though! :)
– projectone
Apr 5 '14 at 15:11




! commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Secant_method_2.svg I was hoping that I could achieve something like this image where the blue lines represent the different iterations? Thank you very much for replying though! :)
– projectone
Apr 5 '14 at 15:11


















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