In Newton-Raphson iterative method, the initial guess value $$\left( {{x_{ini}}} \right)$$ is considered as zero while finding the roots of the equation: $$\,f\left( x \right) = - 2 + 6x - 4{x^2} + 0.5{x^3}.\,\,\,$$ The correction, $$\Delta x,$$ to be added to $${{x_{ini}}}$$ in the first iteration is __________.

For step-size, $$\Delta x = 0.4,$$ the value of following integral using Simpson's $$1/3$$ rule is ______

There is no value of $$x$$ that can simultaneously satisfy both the given equations. Therefore, find the 'least squares error' solution to the two equations, i.e., find the value of $$x$$ that minimizes the sum of squares of the errors in the two equations
$$2x=3$$
$$4x=1$$

The square root of a number $$N$$ is to be obtained by applying the Newton $$-$$ Raphson iteration to the equation $$\,{x^2} - N = 0.\,\,$$ If $$i$$ denotes the iteration index, the correct iterative scheme will be