#!/usr/bin/env ruby require("gsl") include Math #solver = GSL::Root::FSolver.alloc(GSL::Root::FSolver::BISECTION) #solver = GSL::Root::FSolver.alloc("falsepos") #solver = GSL::Root::FSolver.alloc("brent") solver = GSL::Root::FSolver.alloc(GSL::Root::FSolver::BRENT) puts "using #{solver.name} method" f = GSL::Function.alloc { |x, params| a = params[0] b = params[1] c = params[2] (a*x + b)*x + c } f.set_params(1, 0, -5) expected = sqrt(5.0) printf("%5s [%9s, %9s] %9s %10s %9s\n", "iter", "lower", "upper", "root", "err", "err(est)") solver.set(f, 0.0, 5.0) iter = 0 status = nil while status != GSL::SUCCESS iter += 1 status = solver.iterate r = solver.root xl = solver.x_lower xu = solver.x_upper status = solver.test_interval(0, 0.001) if status == GSL::SUCCESS printf("Converged:\n") end printf("%5d [%.7f, %.7f] %.7f %+.7f %.7f\n", iter, xl, xu, r, r - expected, xu - xl) end p f.fsolve(0, 5)