matlab secant method

% Matlab script to illustrate the secant method
% to solve a nonlinear equation


% this particular script finds the square root of a number M
% (input by the user)


% note that the function we are trying to zero is f(x) = x^2 - M.
% this function is hard-coded in the script.




g=9.8065;
k=0.00341;
% f(x)=log(cosh(t*srt(g*k)))/k;




format long


% get user input
M = input('Please enter the number whose square root you want: ')
t0 = input('Please enter the first  of two starting guesses: ')
t1 = input('Please enter the second of two starting guesses: ')




% iteration counter
k = 1
% compute first secant iterate to enter loop
s = (((log(cosh(t1*sqrt(g*k)))/k)-M)-((