O241.6A1671-2153(2007)02-0020-03JournalofNingboPolytechnicApr,2007Vol.11No.220072.20..21.20072ProceduresofseveralmethodsforthenumericalsolutionofthenonlinearequationinMatlabWUZhuan-bao1,2(1.DepartmentofMathematic,MathematicsandComputerScienceCollegeHunanNormalUniversity,Changsha410081,China;2.DepartmentofBasicCourses,YueyangHigherVocationalandTechnicalCollege,Yueyang414000,China)Abstract:Tostudynumericalsolutionofthenonlinearequation,thearticlepresentstheproceduresofthebisectionmethod,thesimpleiteratemethodandtheNewtoniteratemethodinMatlab,andhasapproximatelycalculated.TheNewtoniteratemethodisthefastest.Keywords:nonlinearequation;proceduresinMatlab;bisectionmethod;iteratemethod20072.22.