Problem 965. False position (linear interpolation) method of finding a root.

Created by Robert Canfield

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Test the false position algorithm described in Chapter 5 of Steven C. Chapra's textbook, Applied Numerical Methods with MATLAB for Engineers and Scientists. The first test case uses the following problem on the interval [1 3].

f(x)=x^2-4=0

The first test will be a single iteration of false position. Other tests for varying termination criteria, intervals, and other functions will be added later.

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Richard Zapor on 3 Oct 2012

A link to the "false position method" can be placed in the Challenge description.
The syntax is .

I found the algorithm at http://math.fullerton.edu/mathews/n2003/regulafalsi/RegulaFalsiProof.pdf

will create a link with a name. Spaces before the < and after the > are needed.

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Claudio Gelmi on 26 May 2013

You need to add more test cases...Thanks.

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