Inverting series that are flat at zero
The previous post looked at solving the equation which arises from the Mollweide map projection. Newton’s method works well unless φ is near π/2. Using a modified version of Newton’s method makes the convergence faster when φ = π/2, which is kinda useless because we know the solution is $theta;
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