32.11 References and Further Reading

For information on the Brent-Dekker algorithm see the following two papers,

• R. P. Brent, “An algorithm with guaranteed convergence for finding a zero of a function”, Computer Journal, 14 (1971) 422–425
• J. C. P. Bus and T. J. Dekker, “Two Efficient Algorithms with Guaranteed Convergence for Finding a Zero of a Function”, ACM Transactions of Mathematical Software, Vol. 1 No. 4 (1975) 330–345