Aitken delta squared extrapolation

assymptotic error constant

attainable accuracy

bisection

Bolzano’s method

boundary point

bracketed interval

candidate point generator

check for exact match

closed interval

conditioning

containment

continuity

converge

convergence properties

convergence test

derivative

error

fixed point

function

functional evaluation

Illinois algorithm

initial approximation

intersection with X-axis

interval containing root

interval halving

interval length

interval shrinking method

inverse quadratic interpolation

iteration

left boundary point

method switching

midpoint

Muller’s method

multiple root finder

multiple roots

Newton-Raphson method

non-linear function

one-point iteration

open interval

order

point

polynomial root finder

quadratic convergence

rate of convergence

regula Falsi

relative machine precision

relative precision

right boundary point

root

root finder

secant method

second-order method

sequence of intervals

simple root

Steffensen’s method

step

successive approximation

termination criterion

tolerance