clear clc # Bi section pkg load symbolic; f = @(x) 3*x.^2 - e.^x a = 0 b = 1 syms x; ff = f(x) function root = newton(f, x0) if abs(f(x0)) < eps root = x0; return endif syms x; df = diff(f(x)); ff = function_handle (df); x0 = x0 -( f(x0) / deriv(f,x0) ) newton(f, x0) endfunction newton(f, 0.5) function root = secant(f, x0, x1) if abs(f(x0)) < eps root = x0; return endif syms x; df = diff(f(x)); ff = function_handle (df); temp = x1; x1 = x1 -( ( f(x1) * (x1 - x0) ) / ( f(x1) - f(x0) ) ) x0 = temp; secant(f, x0,x1) endfunction secant(f, 1, 0)