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Ch. 7 - Logarithmic, Exponential Functions, and Hyperbolic Functions
Briggs - Calculus: Early Transcendentals 3rd Edition
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Capitolo 7, Problema 7.3.94

Newton’s method Use Newton’s method to find all local extreme values of ƒ(x) = x sech x.

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Start by recalling that local extreme values occur where the first derivative of the function is zero and the second derivative test can be applied to classify the critical points.
Given the function \(f(x) = x \, \text{sech} \; x\), first find the derivative \(f'(x)\) using the product rule: \(f'(x) = \frac{d}{dx}[x] \cdot \text{sech} \; x + x \cdot \frac{d}{dx}[\text{sech} \; x]\).
Calculate the derivative of \(\text{sech} \; x\), which is \(\frac{d}{dx}[\text{sech} \; x] = -\text{sech} \; x \tanh x\), and substitute it back into the expression for \(f'(x)\) to get \(f'(x) = \text{sech} \; x - x \, \text{sech} \; x \tanh x\).
Set \(f'(x) = 0\) to find critical points: \(\text{sech} \; x - x \text{sech} \; x \tanh x = 0\). Simplify this to \(1 - x \tanh x = 0\), or equivalently \(x \tanh x = 1\).
Use Newton's method to solve \(g(x) = x \tanh x - 1 = 0\). Compute \(g'(x) = \tanh x + x \, \text{sech}^2 x\), then iterate using the formula \(x_{n+1} = x_n - \frac{g(x_n)}{g'(x_n)}\) starting from an initial guess to approximate the roots where \(f'(x) = 0\).

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