NAG Library Routine Document

c05awf  (contfn_cntin)

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Purpose

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Specification

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Description

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References

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Arguments

1:     $\mathbf{x}$ – Real (Kind=nag_wp)Input/Output

On entry: an initial approximation to the zero.

On exit: the final approximation to the zero, unless $\mathbf{ifail}=\mathbf{1}$, $\mathbf{2}$ or $\mathbf{5}$, in which case it contains no useful information.

2:     $\mathbf{eps}$ – Real (Kind=nag_wp)Input

On entry: an absolute tolerance to control the accuracy to which the zero is determined. In general, the smaller the value of eps the more accurate x will be as an approximation to $\alpha$. Indeed, for very small positive values of eps, it is likely that the final approximation will satisfy $\left|\mathbf{x}-\alpha \right|<\mathbf{eps}$. You are advised to call the routine with more than one value for eps to check the accuracy obtained.

Constraint: $\mathbf{eps}>0.0$.

3:     $\mathbf{eta}$ – Real (Kind=nag_wp)Input

On entry: a value such that if $\left|f\left(x\right)\right|<\mathbf{eta}$, $x$ is accepted as the zero. eta may be specified as $0.0$ (see Section 7).

4:     $\mathbf{f}$ – real (Kind=nag_wp) Function, supplied by the user.External Procedure

f must evaluate the function $f$ whose zero is to be determined.

The specification of f is:

Fortran Interface

Function f ( x, iuser, ruser) Real (Kind=nag_wp) :: f Integer, Intent (Inout) :: iuser(*) Real (Kind=nag_wp), Intent (In) :: x Real (Kind=nag_wp), Intent (Inout) :: ruser(*)

C Header Interface

#include nagmk26.h double  f ( const double *x, Integer iuser[], double ruser[])

1:     $\mathbf{x}$ – Real (Kind=nag_wp)Input

On entry: the point at which the function must be evaluated.

2:     $\mathbf{iuser}\left(*\right)$ – Integer arrayUser Workspace

3:     $\mathbf{ruser}\left(*\right)$ – Real (Kind=nag_wp) arrayUser Workspace

f is called with the arguments iuser and ruser as supplied to c05awf. You should use the arrays iuser and ruser to supply information to f.

f must either be a module subprogram USEd by, or declared as EXTERNAL in, the (sub)program from which c05awf is called. Arguments denoted as Input must not be changed by this procedure.

Note: f should not return floating-point NaN (Not a Number) or infinity values, since these are not handled by c05awf. If your code inadvertently does return any NaNs or infinities, c05awf is likely to produce unexpected results.

5:     $\mathbf{nfmax}$ – IntegerInput

On entry: the maximum permitted number of calls to f from c05awf. If f is inexpensive to evaluate, nfmax should be given a large value (say $>1000$).

Constraint: $\mathbf{nfmax}>0$.

6:     $\mathbf{iuser}\left(*\right)$ – Integer arrayUser Workspace

7:     $\mathbf{ruser}\left(*\right)$ – Real (Kind=nag_wp) arrayUser Workspace

iuser and ruser are not used by c05awf, but are passed directly to f and may be used to pass information to this routine.

8:     $\mathbf{ifail}$ – IntegerInput/Output

On entry: ifail must be set to $0$, $-1\text{ or }1$. If you are unfamiliar with this argument you should refer to Section 3.4 in How to Use the NAG Library and its Documentation for details.

For environments where it might be inappropriate to halt program execution when an error is detected, the value $-1\text{ or }1$ is recommended. If the output of error messages is undesirable, then the value $1$ is recommended. Otherwise, if you are not familiar with this argument, the recommended value is $0$. When the value $-\mathbf{1}\text{ or }\mathbf{1}$ is used it is essential to test the value of ifail on exit.

On exit: $\mathbf{ifail}=\mathbf{0}$ unless the routine detects an error or a warning has been flagged (see Section 6).

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Error Indicators and Warnings

$\mathbf{ifail}=1$

On entry, $\mathbf{eps}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$.
Constraint: $\mathbf{eps}>0.0$.

On entry, $\mathbf{nfmax}=〈\mathit{\text{value}}〉$.
Constraint: $\mathbf{nfmax}>0$.

$\mathbf{ifail}=2$

Internal scale factor invalid for this problem. Consider using c05axf instead and setting scal.

$\mathbf{ifail}=3$

Either f has no zero near x or too much accuracy has been requested. Check the coding of f or increase eps.

$\mathbf{ifail}=4$

More than nfmax calls have been made to f.

nfmax may be too small for the problem (because x is too far away from the zero), or f has no zero near x, or too much accuracy has been requested in calculating the zero. Increase nfmax, check the coding of f or increase eps.

$\mathbf{ifail}=5$

A serious error occurred in an internal call to an auxiliary routine.

$\mathbf{ifail}=-99$

An unexpected error has been triggered by this routine. Please contact NAG.

See Section 3.9 in How to Use the NAG Library and its Documentation for further information.

$\mathbf{ifail}=-399$

Your licence key may have expired or may not have been installed correctly.

See Section 3.8 in How to Use the NAG Library and its Documentation for further information.

$\mathbf{ifail}=-999$

Dynamic memory allocation failed.

See Section 3.7 in How to Use the NAG Library and its Documentation for further information.

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Accuracy

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Parallelism and Performance

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Further Comments

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Example

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Program Text

Program Text (c05awfe.f90)

10.2

Program Data

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Program Results

Program Results (c05awfe.r)