El Mètode de Newton-Raphson... i Simpson: una aplicació d'eines de programació per a analitzar textos matemàtics històrics

The Newton-Raphson method is a well-known numerical method for finding approximations to the real roots of a real-valued function. It is named after Isaac Newton (1643-1727) and Joseph Raphson (1668-1715), who, towards the end of the 17th century, elaborated their methods for finding the approximate roots of polynomial equations. However, from the original sources, it is clear that both methods differ not only from each other, but also from the algorithm used at present