(* *) (* Numerical Mathematics and Computing, Fifth Edition *) (* Ward Cheney & David Kincaid *) (* Brooks/Cole Publ. Co. *) (* (c) 2003 *) (* *) (* File: newt_sys *) (* Section 3.2 *) (* FindRoot searchs for numerical solutions to simultaneous equations *) FindRoot[{x + y + z == 3, x*x + y*y + z*z == 5, Exp[x] + x*y - x*z == 1}, {x,0.5}, {y,1.5}, {z,0.5}]