import sys def f(x): return x**3 + x - 1 def f_prime(x): return 3*x**2 + 1 def newt(x,n): for i in range(n): if f_prime(x) == 0: return x x = x - f(x)/f_prime(x) return x def main(argv): if (len(sys.argv) != 3): sys.exit('Usage: newtons_method.py ') print 'The root is: ', print newt(float(sys.argv[1]),int(sys.argv[2])) if __name__ == "__main__": main(sys.argv[1:])