SICP-2nd-Edition-Exercise-1.40

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Contents 1 Exercise 1.40 From SICP 2 Attempt 3 Scheme 4 Parent Course 5 Further Reading

Exercise 1.40 From SICP

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Define a procedure cubic that can be used together with the newtons-method procedure in expressions of the form

to approximate zeros of the cubic Failed to parse (Cannot write to or create math temp directory): x^3 + ax^2 + bx + c .

Attempt

Scheme

Parent Course

6.001_Structure_and_Interpretation_of_Computer_Programs

Further Reading

Newtons Method at Wikipedia