""" Implementing Secant method in Python Author: dimgrichr """ from math import exp def f(x: float) -> float: """ >>> f(5) 39.98652410600183 """ return 8 * x - 2 * exp(-x) def secant_method(lower_bound: float, upper_bound: float, repeats: int) -> float: """ >>> secant_method(1, 3, 2) 0.2139409276214589 """ x0 = lower_bound x1 = upper_bound for _ in range(0, repeats): x0, x1 = x1, x1 - (f(x1) * (x1 - x0)) / (f(x1) - f(x0)) return x1 if __name__ == "__main__": print(f"Example: {secant_method(1, 3, 2)}")