Bisect method for solving x^6 - x - 1 = 0 bisect('fcn',1,2,1.0e-7) a b c f(c) b-c=c-a 1.0000e+000 2.0000e+000 1.5000e+000 8.8906e+000 5.0000e-001 1.0000e+000 1.5000e+000 1.2500e+000 1.5647e+000 2.5000e-001 1.0000e+000 1.2500e+000 1.1250e+000 -9.7713e-002 1.2500e-001 1.1250e+000 1.2500e+000 1.1875e+000 6.1665e-001 6.2500e-002 1.1250e+000 1.1875e+000 1.1563e+000 2.3327e-001 3.1250e-002 1.1250e+000 1.1563e+000 1.1406e+000 6.1578e-002 1.5625e-002 1.1250e+000 1.1406e+000 1.1328e+000 -1.9576e-002 7.8125e-003 1.1328e+000 1.1406e+000 1.1367e+000 2.0619e-002 3.9063e-003 1.1328e+000 1.1367e+000 1.1348e+000 4.2684e-004 1.9531e-003 1.1328e+000 1.1348e+000 1.1338e+000 -9.5980e-003 9.7656e-004 1.1338e+000 1.1348e+000 1.1343e+000 -4.5915e-003 4.8828e-004 1.1343e+000 1.1348e+000 1.1345e+000 -2.0838e-003 2.4414e-004 1.1345e+000 1.1348e+000 1.1346e+000 -8.2885e-004 1.2207e-004 1.1346e+000 1.1348e+000 1.1347e+000 -2.0110e-004 6.1035e-005 1.1347e+000 1.1348e+000 1.1347e+000 1.1285e-004 3.0518e-005 1.1347e+000 1.1347e+000 1.1347e+000 -4.4131e-005 1.5259e-005 1.1347e+000 1.1347e+000 1.1347e+000 3.4357e-005 7.6294e-006 1.1347e+000 1.1347e+000 1.1347e+000 -4.8874e-006 3.8147e-006 1.1347e+000 1.1347e+000 1.1347e+000 1.4735e-005 1.9073e-006 1.1347e+000 1.1347e+000 1.1347e+000 4.9237e-006 9.5367e-007 1.1347e+000 1.1347e+000 1.1347e+000 1.8165e-008 4.7684e-007 1.1347e+000 1.1347e+000 1.1347e+000 -2.4346e-006 2.3842e-007 1.1347e+000 1.1347e+000 1.1347e+000 -1.2082e-006 1.1921e-007 root = 1.13472408056259 Error_bound = 5.9605e-008