(* Initializing the variable "exactvalue" used below for computing the error of each method *) exactvalue=N[7^(1/5), 3000]; (* Fixed point iteration given by (a) *) p=N[1,3000]; g[x_] := x-(x^5-7)/(x^2); For[i=1, iČ14, i++, {p=g[p], y = Abs[p - exactvalue], Print[i], Print[1.0*p], Print[Log[y]/Log[10.]], Print[ ], } ] g'[x] 1.0*g'[exactvalue] (* Fixed point iteration given by (b) *) p=N[1,3000]; g[x_] := x-(x^5-7)/(5*x^4); For[i=1, iČ14, i++, {p=g[p], y = Abs[p - exactvalue], Print[i], Print[1.0*p], Print[Log[y]/Log[10.]], Print[ ], } ] g'[x] 1.0*g'[exactvalue] (* Fixed point iteration given by (c) *) p=N[1,3000]; g[x_] := x-(x^5-7)/12; For[i=1, iČ20, i++, {p=g[p], y = Abs[p - exactvalue], Print[i], Print[1.0*p], Print[Log[y]/Log[10.]], Print[ ], } ] g'[x] 1.0*g'[exactvalue] (* Fixed point iteration given by (d) *) p=N[1,3000]; g[x_] := x-(x^5-7)/25; For[i=1, iČ20, i++, {p=g[p], y = Abs[p - exactvalue], Print[i], Print[1.0*p], Print[Log[y]/Log[10.]], Print[ ], } ] g'[x] 1.0*g'[exactvalue]