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Shanks transformation
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Numerical_analysis/QT9cYa9z">numerical analysis</a>, the Shanks transformation is a <a href="/facts/Non-linear/4aYItALC">non-linear</a> <a href="/facts/Series_acceleration/XmWMXVFh">series acceleration</a> method to increase the <a href="/facts/Rate_of_convergence/JVGuzPoS">rate of convergence</a> of a <a href="/facts/Sequence/gV2S4uqp">sequence</a>. This method is named after <a href="/facts/Daniel_Shanks/d1k1JNAE">Daniel Shanks</a>, who rediscovered this sequence transformation in 1955. It was first derived and published by R. Schmidt in 1941. </p>