some solutions for MIT Press's "structure and interpretation of computer programs", I guess
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(define (square x)
(* x x))
(define tolerance 0.00001)
(define (fixed-point f first-guess)
(define (close-enough? v1 v2)
(< (abs (- v1 v2))
tolerance))
(define (try guess)
(let ((next (f guess)))
(if (close-enough? guess next)
next
(try next))))
(try first-guess))
(define dx 0.00001)
(define (deriv g)
(lambda (x) (/ (- (g (+ x dx)) (g x)) dx)))
(define (cube x)
(* x x x))
(define (newton-transform g)
(lambda (x) (- x (/ (g x) ((deriv g) x)))))
(define (newtons-method g guess)
(fixed-point (newton-transform g) guess))
(define (cubic a b c)
(lambda (x) (+ (cube x)
(* a (square x))
(* b x)
c)))