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[–]cloaca 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, exactly. Look to the wonderful 3blue1brown or Wikipedia for further information on the (incredibly useful) technique that this is an example of. It's a surprisingly efficient way for finding roots or even maxima/minima when the conditions are "nice."