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From: Philip Newton <pne-news-20011203@newton.digitalspace.net>
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Subject: Re: How can I solve this @#%#@%^#@$&^%*$%#@@#!
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On Sun, 2 Dec 2001 00:01:07 +0100, "Johannes 'Joey' R�ssel"
<johannes.roessel@web.de> wrote:

> you then get a value for x and then you just go on calculating. By the 15th
> time the value shouldn't change anymore.

But if there is more than one solution, you only get one.

And for best results, your initial value (1, in this case) should be
close to one of the solutions.

Cheers,
Philip
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