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Re: FixedPoint

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  • Subject: [mg62232] Re: [mg62227] FixedPoint
  • From: Andrzej Kozlowski <akoz at mimuw.edu.pl>
  • Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 04:21:53 -0500 (EST)
  • References: <200511160728.CAA08507@smc.vnet.net>
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

On 16 Nov 2005, at 16:28, Scott wrote:

> Anybody know how to get FixedPoint to reveal how many iterations it  
> had
> to perform before it found the fixed point; i.e. what n was when SameQ
> was satisfied and FixedPoint exited.
>
> Thanks for any insight.
>
> Cheers, Scott
>

Just add your own own iterator, e.g. like this:


Block[{n = 0}, {FixedPoint[(n++; (1/2)*(#1 + 2/#1)) & ,
     1.], n}]


{1.414213562373095, 6}

Andrzej Kozlowski


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