steventhornton / univariate

An R package for univariate root-finding

univariate

univariate is an R package for finding solutions to univariate functions.

Installation Instructions

devtools::install_github("steventhornton/univariate")

To Do

• Univariate root finding:
  • Bisection method
  • Newton’s method
  • Secant method
  • Halley’s method
  • Steffensen’s method
  • Brent’s method
• Polynomial methods
  • Real roots
  • Roots
• Add references to documentation
• Add tests
  • Wilkinson’s polynomial
• Add vignette
  • Iterative vs. derivative vs. bisection
  • Convergence
• Add examples to each function
• Add package help file
• Blog post
  • Package overview
  • Comparison of different stopping criteria
• Research best practices for stopping criteria