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From: ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram)
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Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> wrote or quoted:
>def ddx(f,x,h=0.001): return (f(x+h)-f(x-h))/(2*h) # numerical derivative
>def newton(f,x0): return x0 - f(x0)/ddx(f,x0)      # Newton-Raphson iteration

  It's hella rad to see you bust out those "next-level math tricks"
  with just a single line each!