Aitkens Δ2 process

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Aitken's Δ2 process A method to convert any convergent sequence {xn} into a more rapidly convergent sequence {xn′}. For linearly converging sequences the formula is: xn′ = xn – (xn+1xn)2/xn+2 – 2xn+1 + xn

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