False position method to "regula falsi" is sometimes called the Illinois algorithm. Ford (1995) summarizes and analyzes this and other similar superlinear variants of the method of false position. Put simply: When the new -value (that is, )) has the same sign as the previous one ()), meaning that the end point of the previous step will be retained, the Illinois version halves the -value of the retained end point in the next estimate computation. Suppose that in the -th iteration the bracketing interval is and that the functional value of the new calculated estimate has the same sign as . In this
Mike Powers (soccer) Mike Powers (soccer) Mike Powers is a retired American soccer midfielder who played sixteen years with the Dallas Sidekicks. He also played in the second American Soccer League and the United Soccer League. Since 2012, Powers has been an assistant coach for the relaunched Dallas Sidekicks of the Major Arena Soccer League. Powers attended Rockhurst University, playing for the men/s soccer team from 1975 to 1980. He is a member of the school's Athletic Hall of Fame. In 1979, the Wichita Wings selected Powers in the Territorial Round (10th overall) of the Major Indoor Soccer League Draft. He played from