From: djb@silverton.berkeley.edu (D. J. Bernstein)
Date: 2 May 1995 10:12:29 GMT
Newsgroups: sci.math.num-analysis
Subject: Re: reference for self-suppressing newton's method?

In article <3nv7qc$t6d@thales.cs.umd.edu>,
G. W. Stewart <stewart@cs.umd.edu> wrote:
> Schroeder's paper actually appeared in 1870 in Mathematische Annalen.
  [ and a translation is available from thales.cs.umd.edu/pub/reports ]

Excellent! Schroeder claims credit for applying Newton to f/f', so I
think that settles my literature question. He also derives the
f/(f'-(1/2)ff''/f') formula; did ``Richmond'' come before Schroeder?

---Dan