FindRoot[f, {x, x_0}] searches for a numerical root of f, starting from the point x = x_0. FindRoot[lhs == rhs, {x, x_0}] searches for a numerical solution to the equation ...

NSolve gives you a general way to find numerical approximations to the solutions of polynomial equations. Finding numerical solutions to more general equations, however, can ...

Numerical root finding. NSolve gives you numerical approximations to all the roots of a polynomial equation. You can also use NSolve to solve sets of simultaneous equations ...

An expression like x^2+2x-7==0 represents an equation in Mathematica. You will often need to solve equations like this, to find out for what values of x they are true. This ...

Compiled is an option for various numerical and plotting functions which specifies whether the expressions they work with should automatically be compiled.

MaxIterations is an option that specifies the maximum number of iterations that should be tried in various built-in functions and algorithms.

Mathematica's unit system utilizes various numerical methods, facilitating calculations using Quantity expressions within Mathematica's numerical functions. Numerical ...

Root — roots of polynomials and transcendental functions, InverseFunction — symbolic functional inverse, DifferentialRoot, DifferenceRoot — linear differential, difference ...

NRoots[lhs == rhs, var] yields a disjunction of equations which represent numerical approximations to the roots of a polynomial equation.

The functions FindMinimum, FindMaximum, and FindRoot have the HoldAll attribute and so have special semantics for evaluation of their arguments. First, the variables are ...