#lang sicp (define tolerance 0.00001) (define (fixed-point f guess) (define new-guess (f guess)) (cond ((< (abs (- guess new-guess)) tolerance) (display new-guess) (newline) (f guess)) (else (display new-guess) (newline) (fixed-point f new-guess)))) ; 34 steps without damping (define solution (fixed-point (lambda (x) (/ (log 1000) (log x))) 2.0)) (newline) (newline) (newline) ; 9 steps with average damping (define solution-damped (fixed-point (lambda (x) (/ (+ x (/ (log 1000) (log x))) 2.0)) 2.0))