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Chapter 3 Rootfinding
Rootfinding is the process of finding values
\(p\) such that
\(f(p)=0\) for a function
\(f\text{.}\) This is identical to solving equations
\(f(x)=g(x)\text{.}\) In this chapter, we learn techniques to estimate roots.
