import math def bisection( function, a, b ): # finds where the function becomes 0 in [a,b] using bolzano start = a end = b if function(a) == 0: # one of the a or b is a root for the function return a elif function(b) == 0: return b elif ( function(a) * function(b) > 0 ): # if none of these are root and they are both positive or negative, # then his algorithm can't find the root print("couldn't find root in [a,b]") return else: mid = start + (end - start) / 2.0 while abs(start - mid) > 10 ** -7: # until we achieve precise equals to 10^-7 if function(mid) == 0: return mid elif function(mid) * function(start) < 0: end = mid else: start = mid mid = start + (end - start) / 2.0 return mid def f(x): return math.pow(x, 3) - 2 * x - 5 if __name__ == "__main__": print(bisection(f, 1, 1000))