Iteration
What Iteration means in Mathematics A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel, WJEC.
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
A numerical method that refines a solution, showing successive values and demonstrating that the sequence converges to the required root.
A repeated numerical process in which each new estimate is generated from the previous estimate by a recurrence relation.
Topics that use Iteration
- Numerical methods (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
- Overarching themes - Mathematical problem solving (WJEC A-Level)
Related terms
- change of sign
- Concave up
- Convergence
- Fixed point
- Newton-Raphson method
- Trapezium rule
- accuracy and rounding
- algebraic modelling
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