In optimization it's known as Newton's method. See the third section here for an intuitive image of repeated parabola-fitting. https://ardianumam.wordpress.com

In optimization it's known as Newton's method. See the third section here for an intuitive image of repeated parabola-fitting. https://ardianumam.wordpress.com/2017/09/27/newtons-method-optimization-derivation-and-how-it-works/ https://ardianumam.wordpress.com/2017/09/27/newtons-method-o... Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%27s_method_in_optimization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%27s_method_in_optimizat...