Etymology

Householder's method

Today it means: Any of a class of iterative root-finding algorithms used for functions of one real variable with continuous derivatives up to some order d + 1, each method being characterized by the number d. Full definition →

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Named after American mathematician Alston Scott Householder (1904–1993).

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