akc / hops

HOPS - Handy Operations on Power Series
http://akc.is/hops
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Look at alternatives to fixed-point iteration #12

Open SuprDewd opened 7 years ago

SuprDewd commented 7 years ago

Currently hops uses fixed-point iteration to solve functional equations.We should look at alternative methods for finding fixed-points, such as Newton's method. It might be faster, and in any case will serve as a neat way to test and apply the library.