Successive approximation

In pure and especially in applied mathematics, and in engineering and physics, a variety of methods of successive approximation are used.

Mathematics

• Babylonian method, for finding square roots of numbers
• Fixed-point iteration
• Halley's method, for finding zeros of functions
• Newton's method, for finding zeros of functions
• Picard–Lindelöf theorem, on existence of solutions of differential equations
• Runge–Kutta method, for numerical solution of differential equations

Engineering

• Successive approximation ADC, used in signal processing

Psychology

• A concept in behaviorist psychology; see Shaping (psychology).