The document summarizes numerical methods for finding the roots of equations, including the Newton-Raphson method, secant method, false position method, and methods for handling repeated roots.
The Newton-Raphson method uses the tangent line to iteratively find better approximations to the root. It has quadratic convergence but may diverge for repeated roots. The secant method approximates the derivative using two points to overcome issues with the Newton-Raphson method. The false position method uses linear interpolation in each interval to home in on the root. For repeated roots, the modified Newton-Raphson method solves for the roots of a related function to ensure convergence.