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January 12, 2009 at 03:29 AM
sabiitiltd

Maths and Programming

by sabiitiltd . Updated 17 years, 8 months ago

Hello please help me with this question in maths and programming.

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Problem description:
Bisection is one of the reliable algorithms for solving non-linear equations.
Given a non-linear equation f(x)=0, continuos over an interval [a,b], if f(a)f(b)<0, then it implies that a real root exists in [a,b]. We therefore determine a point c1 such that c1 = (a+b)/2, now the interval is divided into two sub-intervals, that is, [a,c1] and [c1,b], we again test if f(c1)=0, c1 becomes the root stop. Otherwise, we test whether f(a)f(c)<0 or f(c1)f(b)<0 to identify the sub interval that contains the root. The procedure is repeated until the root is found. Determine the root manually. Tasks: a)identify the necessary inputs and outputs of the algorithm b)Use high level programming to write a program implementing bisection algorithm c)Test the algorithm using 6x^2-x-35=0 over [-1,3]

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