zero


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

The method does not 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 MIT 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. an R version.

Related Data and Programs:

newton, an R code which seeks a root of a single nonlinear function using the Newton method.

zero_test

Author:

Original FORTRAN77 version by Richard Brent; R 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 28 May 2021.