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+##
+## Author: Jaroslav Hajek <highegg@gmail.com>
+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {} fzero (@var{fun}, @var{x0})
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} fzero (@var{fun}, @var{x0}, @var{options})
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {[@var{x}, @var{fval}, @var{info}, @var{output}] =} fzero (@dots{})
+## Find a zero of a univariate function.
+##
+## @var{fun} is a function handle, inline function, or string
+## containing the name of the function to evaluate.
+## @var{x0} should be a two-element vector specifying two points which
+## bracket a zero. In other words, there must be a change in sign of the
+## function between @var{x0}(1) and @var{x0}(2). More mathematically, the
+## following must hold
+##
+## @example
+## sign (@var{fun}(@var{x0}(1))) * sign (@var{fun}(@var{x0}(2))) <= 0
+## @end example
+##
+## If @var{x0} is a single scalar then several nearby and distant
+## values are probed in an attempt to obtain a valid bracketing. If this
+## is not successful, the function fails.
+## @var{options} is a structure specifying additional options.
+## Currently, @code{fzero}
+## recognizes these options: @code{"FunValCheck"}, @code{"OutputFcn"},
+## @code{"TolX"}, @code{"MaxIter"}, @code{"MaxFunEvals"}.
+## For a description of these options, see @ref{doc-optimset,,optimset}.
+##
+## On exit, the function returns @var{x}, the approximate zero point
+## and @var{fval}, the function value thereof.
+## @var{info} is an exit flag that can have these values:
+##
+## @itemize
+## @item 1
+## The algorithm converged to a solution.
+##
+## @item 0
+## Maximum number of iterations or function evaluations has been reached.
+##
+## @item -1
+## The algorithm has been terminated from user output function.
+##
+## @item -5
+## The algorithm may have converged to a singular point.
+## @end itemize
+##
+## @var{output} is a structure containing runtime information about the
+## @code{fzero} algorithm. Fields in the structure are:
+##
+## @itemize
+## @item iterations
+## Number of iterations through loop.
+##
+## @item nfev
+## Number of function evaluations.
+##
+## @item bracketx
+## A two-element vector with the final bracketing of the zero along the x-axis.
+##
+## @item brackety
+## A two-element vector with the final bracketing of the zero along the y-axis.
+## @end itemize
+## @seealso{optimset, fsolve}
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## This is essentially the ACM algorithm 748: Enclosing Zeros of
+## Continuous Functions due to Alefeld, Potra and Shi, ACM Transactions
+## on Mathematical Software, Vol. 21, No. 3, September 1995. Although
+## the workflow should be the same, the structure of the algorithm has
+## been transformed non-trivially; instead of the authors' approach of
+## sequentially calling building blocks subprograms we implement here a
+## FSM version using one interior point determination and one bracketing
+## per iteration, thus reducing the number of temporary variables and
+## simplifying the algorithm structure. Further, this approach reduces
+## the need for external functions and error handling. The algorithm has
+## also been slightly modified.
+
+## PKG_ADD: ## Discard result to avoid polluting workspace with ans at startup.
+## PKG_ADD: [~] = __all_opts__ ("fzero");
+
+function [x, fval, info, output] = fzero (fun, x0, options = struct ())
+
+ ## Get default options if requested.
+ if (nargin == 1 && ischar (fun) && strcmp (fun, 'defaults'))
+ x = optimset ("MaxIter", Inf, "MaxFunEvals", Inf, "TolX", 1e-8, \
+ "OutputFcn", [], "FunValCheck", "off");
+ return;
+ endif
+
+ if (nargin < 2 || nargin > 3)
+ print_usage ();
+ endif
+
+ if (ischar (fun))
+ fun = str2func (fun, "global");
+ endif
+
+ ## TODO
+ ## displev = optimget (options, "Display", "notify");
+ funvalchk = strcmpi (optimget (options, "FunValCheck", "off"), "on");
+ outfcn = optimget (options, "OutputFcn");
+ tolx = optimget (options, "TolX", 1e-8);
+ maxiter = optimget (options, "MaxIter", Inf);
+ maxfev = optimget (options, "MaxFunEvals", Inf);
+
+ persistent mu = 0.5;
+
+ if (funvalchk)
+ ## Replace fun with a guarded version.
+ fun = @(x) guarded_eval (fun, x);
+ endif
+
+ ## The default exit flag if exceeded number of iterations.
+ info = 0;
+ niter = 0;
+ nfev = 0;
+
+ x = fval = a = fa = b = fb = NaN;
+ eps = eps (class (x0));
+
+ ## Prepare...
+ a = x0(1);
+ fa = fun (a);
+ nfev = 1;
+ if (length (x0) > 1)
+ b = x0(2);
+ fb = fun (b);
+ nfev += 1;
+ else
+ ## Try to get b.
+ if (a == 0)
+ aa = 1;
+ else
+ aa = a;
+ endif
+ for b = [0.9*aa, 1.1*aa, aa-1, aa+1, 0.5*aa 1.5*aa, -aa, 2*aa, -10*aa, 10*aa]
+ fb = fun (b); nfev += 1;
+ if (sign (fa) * sign (fb) <= 0)
+ break;
+ endif
+ endfor
+ endif
+
+ if (b < a)
+ u = a;
+ a = b;
+ b = u;
+
+ fu = fa;
+ fa = fb;
+ fb = fu;
+ endif
+
+ if (! (sign (fa) * sign (fb) <= 0))
+ error ("fzero:bracket", "fzero: not a valid initial bracketing");
+ endif
+
+ slope0 = (fb - fa) / (b - a);
+
+ if (fa == 0)
+ b = a;
+ fb = fa;
+ elseif (fb == 0)
+ a = b;
+ fa = fb;
+ endif
+
+ itype = 1;
+
+ if (abs (fa) < abs (fb))
+ u = a; fu = fa;
+ else
+ u = b; fu = fb;
+ endif
+
+ d = e = u;
+ fd = fe = fu;
+ mba = mu*(b - a);
+ while (niter < maxiter && nfev < maxfev)
+ switch (itype)
+ case 1
+ ## The initial test.
+ if (b - a <= 2*(2 * abs (u) * eps + tolx))
+ x = u; fval = fu;
+ info = 1;
+ break;
+ endif
+ if (abs (fa) <= 1e3*abs (fb) && abs (fb) <= 1e3*abs (fa))
+ ## Secant step.
+ c = u - (a - b) / (fa - fb) * fu;
+ else
+ ## Bisection step.
+ c = 0.5*(a + b);
+ endif
+ d = u; fd = fu;
+ itype = 5;
+ case {2, 3}
+ l = length (unique ([fa, fb, fd, fe]));
+ if (l == 4)
+ ## Inverse cubic interpolation.
+ q11 = (d - e) * fd / (fe - fd);
+ q21 = (b - d) * fb / (fd - fb);
+ q31 = (a - b) * fa / (fb - fa);
+ d21 = (b - d) * fd / (fd - fb);
+ d31 = (a - b) * fb / (fb - fa);
+ q22 = (d21 - q11) * fb / (fe - fb);
+ q32 = (d31 - q21) * fa / (fd - fa);
+ d32 = (d31 - q21) * fd / (fd - fa);
+ q33 = (d32 - q22) * fa / (fe - fa);
+ c = a + q31 + q32 + q33;
+ endif
+ if (l < 4 || sign (c - a) * sign (c - b) > 0)
+ ## Quadratic interpolation + newton.
+ a0 = fa;
+ a1 = (fb - fa)/(b - a);
+ a2 = ((fd - fb)/(d - b) - a1) / (d - a);
+ ## Modification 1: this is simpler and does not seem to be worse.
+ c = a - a0/a1;
+ if (a2 != 0)
+ c = a - a0/a1;
+ for i = 1:itype
+ pc = a0 + (a1 + a2*(c - b))*(c - a);
+ pdc = a1 + a2*(2*c - a - b);
+ if (pdc == 0)
+ c = a - a0/a1;
+ break;
+ endif
+ c -= pc/pdc;
+ endfor
+ endif
+ endif
+ itype += 1;
+ case 4
+ ## Double secant step.
+ c = u - 2*(b - a)/(fb - fa)*fu;
+ ## Bisect if too far.
+ if (abs (c - u) > 0.5*(b - a))
+ c = 0.5 * (b + a);
+ endif
+ itype = 5;
+ case 5
+ ## Bisection step.
+ c = 0.5 * (b + a);
+ itype = 2;
+ endswitch
+
+ ## Don't let c come too close to a or b.
+ delta = 2*0.7*(2 * abs (u) * eps + tolx);
+ if ((b - a) <= 2*delta)
+ c = (a + b)/2;
+ else
+ c = max (a + delta, min (b - delta, c));
+ endif
+
+ ## Calculate new point.
+ x = c;
+ fval = fc = fun (c);
+ niter ++; nfev ++;
+
+ ## Modification 2: skip inverse cubic interpolation if
+ ## nonmonotonicity is detected.
+ if (sign (fc - fa) * sign (fc - fb) >= 0)
+ ## The new point broke monotonicity.
+ ## Disable inverse cubic.
+ fe = fc;
+ else
+ e = d; fe = fd;
+ endif
+
+ ## Bracketing.
+ if (sign (fa) * sign (fc) < 0)
+ d = b; fd = fb;
+ b = c; fb = fc;
+ elseif (sign (fb) * sign (fc) < 0)
+ d = a; fd = fa;
+ a = c; fa = fc;
+ elseif (fc == 0)
+ a = b = c; fa = fb = fc;
+ info = 1;
+ break;
+ else
+ ## This should never happen.
+ error ("fzero:bracket", "fzero: zero point is not bracketed");
+ endif
+
+ ## If there's an output function, use it now.
+ if (outfcn)
+ optv.funccount = nfev;
+ optv.fval = fval;
+ optv.iteration = niter;
+ if (outfcn (x, optv, "iter"))
+ info = -1;
+ break;
+ endif
+ endif
+
+ if (abs (fa) < abs (fb))
+ u = a; fu = fa;
+ else
+ u = b; fu = fb;
+ endif
+ if (b - a <= 2*(2 * abs (u) * eps + tolx))
+ info = 1;
+ break;
+ endif
+
+ ## Skip bisection step if successful reduction.
+ if (itype == 5 && (b - a) <= mba)
+ itype = 2;
+ endif
+ if (itype == 2)
+ mba = mu * (b - a);
+ endif
+ endwhile
+
+ ## Check solution for a singularity by examining slope
+ if (info == 1)
+ if ((b - a) != 0 && abs ((fb - fa)/(b - a) / slope0) > max (1e6, 0.5/(eps+tolx)))
+ info = -5;
+ endif
+ endif
+
+ output.iterations = niter;
+ output.funcCount = nfev;
+ output.bracketx = [a, b];
+ output.brackety = [fa, fb];
+
+endfunction
+
+## An assistant function that evaluates a function handle and checks for
+## bad results.
+function fx = guarded_eval (fun, x)
+ fx = fun (x);
+ fx = fx(1);
+ if (! isreal (fx))
+ error ("fzero:notreal", "fzero: non-real value encountered");
+ elseif (isnan (fx))
+ error ("fzero:isnan", "fzero: NaN value encountered");
+ endif
+endfunction
+
+%!shared opt0
+%! opt0 = optimset ("tolx", 0);
+%!assert(fzero(@cos, [0, 3], opt0), pi/2, 10*eps)
+%!assert(fzero(@(x) x^(1/3) - 1e-8, [0,1], opt0), 1e-24, 1e-22*eps)