====== Math 753/853 Bisection ======

The bisection method is an algorithm for finding roots of a nonlinear equation $f(x) = 0$, where $f$ is continuous and $x$ is one-dimensional. Here are a few excellent online resources for the bisection method.

  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisection_method|Bisection method]], Wikipedia. Good explanation, provides pseudo-code, some great concrete examples, and error analysis.
  * [[http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Bisection.html|Bisection]] Wolfram Alpha. Terse, gives error analysis.
  * [[http://www.sosmath.com/calculus/limcon/limcon07/limcon07.html| Bisection method]], sosmath.com. This one has a nice animation.