Bisection Method Instructions

1. Enter an expression representing the function f(x). Special mathematical functions and constants are available.
2. Enter the value a for the left end point of interval
3. Enter the value b for the right end point of interval. The interval must be chosen so that f(a) and f(b) have opposite signs.
4. Enter the starting and ending iteration numbers for display. For example if the starting and ending iteration are 10 and 25 then the bisection results will be displayed only for iterations 10 to 25.
5. Click the iterate button
6. The result will appear in a separate browser window. You can print the results by selecting print from the file menu. If you do another fixed point iteration the new results will overwrite the contents of the result window.