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zero, a FORTRAN77 code which finds a zero of a scalar function of a scalar variable, by Richard Brent.

The method does not require the use of derivatives, and does not assume that the function is differentiable.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Languages:

zero is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version and a Python version and an R version.

Related Data and Programs:

zero_test

BISECTION_RC, a FORTRAN77 library which seeks a solution to the equation F(X)=0 using bisection within a user-supplied change of sign interval [A,B]. The procedure is written using reverse communication.

NMS, a FORTRAN77 library which includes versions of Brent's zero finder.

SLATEC, a FORTRAN77 library which includes the zero finder FZERO.

TEST_ZERO, a FORTRAN77 library which defines some test functions for which zeroes can be sought.

zero_rc, a FORTRAN77 code which seeks a solution of a scalar nonlinear equation f(x) = 0, using reverse communication (RC), by Richard Brent.

ZOOMIN, a FORTRAN77 library which includes various zero finder routines.

Author:

Original FORTRAN77 version by Richard Brent; this FORTRAN77 version by John Burkardt.

Reference:

  1. Richard Brent,
    Algorithms for Minimization without Derivatives,
    Dover, 2002,
    ISBN: 0-486-41998-3,
    LC: QA402.5.B74.

Source Code:


Last revised on 31 May 2021.