Horner's method

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(hôr′nərz)


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Hor′ner's meth′od  (hôr′nərz),USA pronunciation [Math.]
  1. Mathematicsa technique, involving successive substitutions, for approximating the real roots of an equation with real coefficients.
  • named after William German. Horner (died 1837), English mathematician who invented it 1835–45

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