100' NAME--FNZERO 110' 120' DESCRIPTION--FINDS A ZERO OF A SPECIFIED FUNCTION IN THE 130' INTERVAL (A,B). SIX SIGNIFICANT FIGURES ARE FOUND FOR ZERO. 140' 150' SOURCE--UNKNOWN 160' 170' INSTRUCTIONS--USER SUPPLIES: 180' 270 DEF FNF(Z) = ...... 190' 380 DATA A,B 200' USER IS RESPONSIBLE TO CHECK THAT FNF IS WELL DEFINED 210' IN THE INTERVAL, WITHOUT EXCEEDING THE SIZE OF THE NUMBERS 220' ALLOWED IN THE COMPUTER. 230' 240' 250' * * * * * * MAIN PROGRAM * * * * * * * * * * * 260' 270 DEF FNF(Z) = EXP(Z*Z) - 1.001 280 READ A,B 290 LET L = B-A 300 LET X = A 310 IF FNF(X) = 0 THEN 510 320 LET X = B 330 IF FNF(X) = 0 THEN 510 340 LET S = SGN(FNF(A)) 350 FOR I = 1 TO 1000 360 LET X = A + RND*L 370 IF S + SGN(FNF(X)) = 0 THEN 420 380 DATA -1,1 390 NEXT I 400 PRINT "NO ZERO FOUND." 410 STOP 420 LET X(1+S) = A 430 LET X(1-S) = X 440 LET F(1+S) = FNF(A) 450 LET F(1-S) = FNF(X) 460 LET D = ABS(X(0)-X(2)) 470 IF D/(ABS(X(0))+ABS(X(2))) < 5E-7 THEN 510 480 LET X = (X(0)+X(2))/2 490 LET F = FNF(X) 500 IF F <> 0 THEN 530 510 PRINT "ONE ZERO AT " X 520 STOP 530 LET X(1+SGN(F)) = X 540 LET F(1+SGN(F)) = F 550 GOTO 460 560END