Lab Five

Results Summary

BISECTION	sin(5x)/x	cos(x)-x
iterations	12	10
result	2.51	0.739
accuracy	1E-3	1E-3

SECANT	sin(5x)/x	cos(x)-x
iterations	2	3
result	3.1414	.739
accuracy	1E-3	1E-3

Bisection

>>> rootfinder.bisect(0,1,rootfinder.cosf)
[0.7392578125, 10]

>>> rootfinder.bisect(1,3.15,rootfinder.sinf)                    
[2.5132934570312502, 12]

Secant

>>> rootfinder.secant(0,1,rootfinder.cosf)
[0.73911936191162919, 3]

>>> rootfinder.secant(1,3.15,rootfinder.sinf)
[3.1414236375956812, 2]