Volume 13, Issue 2
An Algorithm that Localizes and Counts the Zeros of a $C^2$-Function

Numer. Math. Theor. Meth. Appl., 13 (2020), pp. 320-333.

Published online: 2020-03

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We describe an algorithm that localizes the zeros of a given real $C^2$-function $f$ on an interval $[a,b]$. The algorithm generates a sequence of subintervals which contain a single zero of $f$. In particular, the exact number of zeros of $f$ on $[a,b]$ can be determined in this way. Apart from $f$, the only additional input of the algorithm is an upper and a lower bound for $f''$. We also show how the intervals determined by the algorithm can be further refined until they are contained in the basin of attraction of the Newton method for the corresponding zero.

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Number of zeros on an interval.

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norbert.hungerbuehler@math.ethz.ch (Norbert Hungerbühler)

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We describe an algorithm that localizes the zeros of a given real $C^2$-function $f$ on an interval $[a,b]$. The algorithm generates a sequence of subintervals which contain a single zero of $f$. In particular, the exact number of zeros of $f$ on $[a,b]$ can be determined in this way. Apart from $f$, the only additional input of the algorithm is an upper and a lower bound for $f''$. We also show how the intervals determined by the algorithm can be further refined until they are contained in the basin of attraction of the Newton method for the corresponding zero.

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We describe an algorithm that localizes the zeros of a given real $C^2$-function $f$ on an interval $[a,b]$. The algorithm generates a sequence of subintervals which contain a single zero of $f$. In particular, the exact number of zeros of $f$ on $[a,b]$ can be determined in this way. Apart from $f$, the only additional input of the algorithm is an upper and a lower bound for $f''$. We also show how the intervals determined by the algorithm can be further refined until they are contained in the basin of attraction of the Newton method for the corresponding zero.

Norbert Hungerbühler & Rui Wu. (2020). An Algorithm that Localizes and Counts the Zeros of a $C^2$-Function. Numerical Mathematics: Theory, Methods and Applications. 13 (2). 320-333. doi:10.4208/nmtma.OA-2019-0077
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