[genius] update the .txt help



commit 6988c6a792073de663104ed816d2a8dbf4688c4b
Author: Jiri (George) Lebl <jirka 5z com>
Date:   Sun Oct 20 23:46:35 2013 -0500

    update the .txt help

 help/genius.txt |   19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/help/genius.txt b/help/genius.txt
index cbb8da6..eefddc6 100644
--- a/help/genius.txt
+++ b/help/genius.txt
@@ -5869,6 +5869,25 @@ FindRootSecant (f,a,b,TOL,N)
           indicating success, value is the last value computed,
           and iteration is the number of iterations done.
 
+   HalleysMethod
+
+HalleysMethod (f,df,ddf,guess,epsilon,maxn)
+
+          Find zeros using Halleys's method. f is the function, df
+          is the derivative of f, and ddf is the second derivative
+          of f. guess is the initial guess. The function returns
+          after two successive values are within epsilon of each
+          other, or after maxn tries, in which case the function
+          returns null indicating failure.
+
+          See also NewtonsMethod and SymbolicDerivative.
+
+          Example to find the square root of 10:
+
+genius> HalleysMethod(`(x)=x^2-10,`(x)=2*x,`(x)=2,3,10^-10,100)
+
+          See Wikipedia for more information.
+
    NewtonsMethod
 
 NewtonsMethod (f,df,guess,epsilon,maxn)


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