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- picard iteration is also known as fixed point iteration
hi, i want to figure out why it is named as fixed point iteration.
Why is Picard Iteration Named Fixed Point Iteration?
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From this writeup it appears in two math contexts one in differential equations and one in numerical analysis about a fixed point so that may explain why.
http://mathfaculty.fullerton.edu/mathews/n2003/PicardIterationMod.html
http://mathfaculty.fullerton.edu/mathews/n2003/PicardIterationMod.html
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