tests/fail/demo_bisect.lua

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1 -- bisect.lua
2 -- bisection method for solving non-linear equations
3
4 delta=1e-6 -- tolerance
5
6 function bisect(f,a,b,fa,fb)
7 local c=(a+b)/2
8 io.write(n," c=",c," a=",a," b=",b,"\n")
9 if c==a or c==b or math.abs(a-b)<delta then return c,b-a end
10 n=n+1
11 local fc=f(c)
12 if fa*fc<0 then return bisect(f,a,c,fa,fc) else return bisect(f,c,b,fc,fb) end
13 end
14
15 -- find root of f in the inverval [a,b]. needs f(a)*f(b)<0
16 function solve(f,a,b)
17 n=0
18 local z,e=bisect(f,a,b,f(a),f(b))
19 io.write(string.format("after %d steps, root is %.17g with error %.1e, f=%.1e\n",n,z,e,f(z)))
20 end
21
22 -- our function
23 function f(x)
24 return x*x*x-x-1
25 end
26
27 -- find zero in [1,2]
28 solve(f,1,2)
29

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