We start with \[x_{n+1}=x_{n}-\frac{\left(x_{n}-x_{n-1}\right) f\left(x_{n}\right)}{f\left(x_{n}\right)-f\left(x_{n-1}\right)} \nonumber \] We subtract both sides from \(r\) and make use of \[\begin{a...We start with \[x_{n+1}=x_{n}-\frac{\left(x_{n}-x_{n-1}\right) f\left(x_{n}\right)}{f\left(x_{n}\right)-f\left(x_{n-1}\right)} \nonumber \] We subtract both sides from \(r\) and make use of \[\begin{aligned} x_{n}-x_{n-1} &=\left(r-x_{n-1}\right)-\left(r-x_{n}\right) \\ &=\epsilon_{n-1}-\epsilon_{n} \end{aligned} \nonumber \] and the Taylor series \[\begin{aligned} f\left(x_{n}\right) &=-\epsilon_{n} f^{\prime}(r)+\frac{1}{2} \epsilon_{n}^{2} f^{\prime \prime}(r)+\ldots, \\ f\left(x_{n-1}\right…
