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Problem 966. Bisection method of finding a root.

Solution 144028

Submitted on 2 Oct 2012
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Test Suite

Test Status Code Input and Output
1   Pass
%% f=@(x) x.^2-4; x_lower = 1; x_upper = 3; es = 0; maxit=1; x_root_correct = 2; assert(isequal(bisection(f,x_lower,x_upper,es,maxit),x_root_correct))

2   Pass
%% f=@(x) x.^2-4; x_lower = 1; x_upper = 4; es = 0; maxit=1; x_root = 2.5; assert(isequal(bisection(f,x_lower,x_upper,es,maxit),x_root))

3   Fail
%% f=@(x) x.^2-4; x_lower = 1; x_upper = 4; x_root = 2.000000476837158; assert(isequal(bisection(f,x_lower,x_upper),x_root))

Error: Assertion failed.

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