#!/usr/bin/env ruby require("gsl") solver = GSL::Root::FSolver.alloc(GSL::Root::FSolver::BISECTION) 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 = Math::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 IO.popen("graph -T X -C -g 3 -X Iterations -Y 'Root'\ --toggle-rotate-y-label\ -L 'x^2 - 5 = 0, #{solver.name}' -I e -S 4", "w") do |io| 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) io.printf("%d %e %e\n", iter, r, (xu-xl)/2) end end