You’ve probably heard some old guy rant about Newton’s method and how it will solve all of your problems: linear, nonlinear, personal, laundry. There’s more. In this talk I’ll tell you about a way to accelerate plain vanilla fixed point iteration. The first theory for this stuff came from right here in SAS hall and there’s much more to do. I’ll tell you some of the theory, explain why you care in the first place, and show you some research opportunities.