Successive approximation
In pure and especially in applied mathematics, and in engineering and physics, a variety of methods of successive approximation are used.
Mathematics
- Babylonian method, for finding square roots of numbers
- Fixed-point iteration
- Halley's method, for finding zeros of functions
- Newton's method, for finding zeros of functions
- Picard–Lindelöf theorem, on existence of solutions of differential equations
- Runge–Kutta method, for numerical solution of differential equations
Engineering
- Successive approximation ADC, used in signal processing
Psychology
- A concept in behaviorist psychology; see Shaping (psychology).
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