Viliam Ďuriš, Peter Korman

Root Approximation in Matlab Computational Environment

Abstract

The task of solving non-linear equation occurs in practically all engineering disciplines. In the case of one equation, it is always possible to approximate the root within the required accuracy and to use some convergent method. The article deals with three basic convergent methods for roots approximation, namely bisection, tangent method and chord method, which are implemented and tested on several tasks in solving non-linear equations in Matlab computational environment as a suitable tool for implementation of various numerical methods.
Keywords
root approximation, bisection, Newton's method, false-proposition, Matlab
Classification
49M15, 65H04
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