rootfinding en · NOUN
Etymology
From root + finding.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The process of finding the root of an equation.
The algorithms in 26, 28 yield (up to polylog factors) these nearly optimal precision and Boolean cost bounds for the worst case polynomial rootfinding.
2002, Felipe Cucker, Joseph Maurice Rojas, Foundations of Computational Mathematics: Proceedings of the SMALEFEST 2000: