Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2019 ib Paper 1 8H Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-29
Because is an interior minimizer of the differentiable function , it satisfies . Apply the Taylor theorem with Lagrange remainder to about . For some between and ,The lower bound on ensures that every step of the Newton method is defined. Divide by and useto obtain the exact error relationThe assumed derivative bounds now give the quadratic convergence bound for Newton's methodfor every .
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2024 ib Paper 4 18H a Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
Newton's method for minimization usesFor a quantitative local bound, suppose on a convex neighbourhood containing the iterates thatwith , and let be the minimizer. The integral form of the gradient and the Hessian Lipschitz bound give the quadratic convergence bound for Newton's methodIf , induction yieldsSince ,