E Eddyah New Member Joined Sep 9, 2006 Messages 24 Location Syd Gender Male HSC 2007 May 28, 2007 #1 x = e^-x what value of x satisfies this? fuck it, just realised its one of those 'newtons method of approximation'. None-the-less an exact solution would be interesting. Last edited: May 28, 2007
x = e^-x what value of x satisfies this? fuck it, just realised its one of those 'newtons method of approximation'. None-the-less an exact solution would be interesting.
AMorris Member Joined Sep 6, 2005 Messages 56 Location Sydney Gender Male HSC 2007 May 29, 2007 #2 I'm quite sure its impossible to find an exact solution to that equation with elementary functions (that is exponential, logarithm, trig & inverse trig, algebraic.
I'm quite sure its impossible to find an exact solution to that equation with elementary functions (that is exponential, logarithm, trig & inverse trig, algebraic.
