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From: hall@uiucdcsp.CS.UIUC.EDU
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Subject: Re: cubic roots
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Date: Thu, 17-Oct-85 16:28:00 EDT
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A simple,reliable method for a cubic with real coefficients is to
arrange for a/the real root to lie in (0,1)-by using x:=-x and
x:=1/x -and then use bisection.
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