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|iteration |           a |     (a+b)/2 |           b |        f(a) |  f((a+b)/2) |        f(b) |
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|       1: |  2.00000000 |  2.50000000 |  3.00000000 | -0.30685282 | -0.08370927 |  0.09861229 |
|       2: |  2.50000000 |  2.75000000 |  3.00000000 | -0.08370927 |  0.01160091 |  0.09861229 |
|       3: |  2.50000000 |  2.62500000 |  2.75000000 | -0.08370927 | -0.03491910 |  0.01160091 |
|       4: |  2.62500000 |  2.68750000 |  2.75000000 | -0.03491910 | -0.01138861 |  0.01160091 |
|       5: |  2.68750000 |  2.71875000 |  2.75000000 | -0.01138861 |  0.00017222 |  0.01160091 |
|       6: |  2.68750000 |  2.70312500 |  2.71875000 | -0.01138861 | -0.00559149 |  0.00017222 |
|       7: |  2.70312500 |  2.71093750 |  2.71875000 | -0.00559149 | -0.00270548 |  0.00017222 |
|       8: |  2.71093750 |  2.71484375 |  2.71875000 | -0.00270548 | -0.00126560 |  0.00017222 |
|       9: |  2.71484375 |  2.71679688 |  2.71875000 | -0.00126560 | -0.00054643 |  0.00017222 |
|      10: |  2.71679688 |  2.71777344 |  2.71875000 | -0.00054643 | -0.00018704 |  0.00017222 |
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zero of ln(x)-1 found at   2.71777344 in 10 iterations (tolerance is 0.001000, exact value is   2.71828183)


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|iteration |           a |     (a+b)/2 |           b |        f(a) |  f((a+b)/2) |        f(b) |
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|       1: |  1.00000000 |  1.50000000 |  2.00000000 | -4.00000000 |  0.06250000 | 11.00000000 |
|       2: |  1.00000000 |  1.25000000 |  1.50000000 | -4.00000000 | -2.55859375 |  0.06250000 |
|       3: |  1.25000000 |  1.37500000 |  1.50000000 | -2.55859375 | -1.42553711 |  0.06250000 |
|       4: |  1.37500000 |  1.43750000 |  1.50000000 | -1.42553711 | -0.72996521 |  0.06250000 |
|       5: |  1.43750000 |  1.46875000 |  1.50000000 | -0.72996521 | -0.34637356 |  0.06250000 |
|       6: |  1.46875000 |  1.48437500 |  1.50000000 | -0.34637356 | -0.14516443 |  0.06250000 |
|       7: |  1.48437500 |  1.49218750 |  1.50000000 | -0.14516443 | -0.04214763 |  0.06250000 |
|       8: |  1.49218750 |  1.49609375 |  1.50000000 | -0.04214763 |  0.00997126 |  0.06250000 |
|       9: |  1.49218750 |  1.49414062 |  1.49609375 | -0.04214763 | -0.01613928 |  0.00997126 |
|      10: |  1.49414062 |  1.49511719 |  1.49609375 | -0.01613928 | -0.00309680 |  0.00997126 |
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zero of x^4-5 found at   1.49511719 in 10 iterations (tolerance is 0.001000, exact value is   1.49534878)