(i) Show that if g:R→R is twice continuously differentiable then, given ϵ>0, we can find some constant L and δ(ϵ)>0 such that
∣g(t)−g(α)−g′(α)(t−α)∣≤L∣t−α∣2
for all ∣t−α∣<δ(ϵ).
(ii) Let f:R→R be twice continuously differentiable on [a,b] (with one-sided derivatives at the end points), let f′ and f′′ be strictly positive functions and let f(a)<0<f(b).
If F(t)=t−(f(t)/f′(t)) and a sequence {xn} is defined by b=x0,xn= F(xn−1)(n>0), show that x0,x1,x2,… is a decreasing sequence of points in [a,b] and hence has limit α. What is f(α) ? Using part (i) or otherwise estimate the rate of convergence of xn to α, i.e., the behaviour of the absolute value of (xn−α) for large values of n.