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PEAR::Math_Numerical_RootFinding
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INTRODUCTION
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Math_Numerical_RootFinding is the package provide various Numerical Methods
Root-Finding functions implemented in PHP, e.g Bisection, Newton-Raphson, Fixed
Point and Secant.


SUPPORTED METHODS
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   Methodname                                               Callname
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1. Bisection/Binary Chopping/Interval Halving/Bolzano       bisection
2. False Position/Regula Falsi                              falseposition
3. Fixed Point                                              fixedpoint
4. Netwon-Raphson                                           newtonraphson
5. Netwon-Raphson 2                                         newtonraphson2
6. Ralston and Rabinowitz                                   ralstonrabinowitz
7. Secant                                                   secant


REFERENCES
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1. Steven C. Capra and Raymond P. Canale, Numerical Method for Engineers with
   Personal Computer Application, McGraw-Hill, New York, USA, 1985.
2. Abdul Munif and Aries Prastyoko H., Penguasaan dan Penggunaan Metode Numerik,
   Edisi Kedua, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh November, Indonesia, 1995.
3. mathworld.wolfram.com, http://mathworld.wolfram.com/topics/Root-Finding.html
4. PHPMath, http://www.phpmath.com


CONSTRIBUTION
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There is so many numerical method to find the root out there, constribution of
resources, algorithms, modules (drivers), patches or related are very welcome.
Just send it to firman@php.net


CONSTRIBUTORS
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1. Jesus M. Castagnetto <jmcastagnetto@php.net>
2. Lukasz Karapuda


BUGS REPORT
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You can use PEAR Bugs System or send it directly via email to firman@php.net