| Consider the iteration
x_(k+1) =x_k −(([f(x)]^2 )/(f(x_k +f(x_k ))−f(x_k ))),     k=0,1,2,...
for the solution of f(x)=0. Explain the
connection with Newton′s method, and show
that (x_k ) converges quadratically if x_0  is
sufficiently close to the solution.
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