On Dec 2, 10:53 pm, Roy Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In article > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > > > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello hello, > > > I'm looking for a piece of code, preferably in Python, that will do > > the following. It will accept a few data points (x,f(x)) of a function > > that converges to some finite value when x converges to infinity. I > > need the algorithm to guess what that limit is, to whatever precision > > it can. > > > For example, if the input is: > > > [ > > [1,8], > > [2,7.5], > > [3,7.25], > > [4,7.125] > > ] > > > Then the output will be 7. Or at least something close. > > > Does anyone know anything like that? > > I suggest any introductory calculus or math analysis text. Perhaps even > the one your professor assigned you for the course :-) > > Look under "limits" in the table of contents.
I'm a third year math undergrad. You probably did not understand my question. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list