fixed_point.py

import math
import sys 

def g(x):
	return math.pow(2*math.log10((1/74)+(2.51/1000*math.sqrt(x))),-2.0)
	
def fpi(x, k):
	for i in range(k):
		print " '%d', '%.4f' '%.4f' "%(i,x,g(x))
		x = g(x)
	print 'The root is: ',
	return x

def main(argv):
	if (len(sys.argv) != 3):
		sys.exit('Usage: fixed_point.py <x> <k>')
	
	print 'The root is:',
	print fpi(float(sys.argv[1]),int(sys.argv[2]))

if __name__ == "__main__":
	main(sys.argv[1:])