Secant algorithm, simplified version of Newton method, which does not require the derivative at every step.

See the GSL manual for more information

Definition at line 155 of file RootFinderAlgorithms.h.

Public Member Functions
	Secant ()

virtual	~Secant ()

Public Member Functions inherited from ROOT::Math::GSLRootFinderDeriv
	GSLRootFinderDeriv ()

virtual	~GSLRootFinderDeriv ()

int	Iterate ()
	iterate (return GSL_SUCCESS in case of successful iteration) More...

int	Iterations () const
	Return number of iterations. More...

const char *	Name () const
	Return name of root finder algorithm. More...

double	Root () const
	Returns the previously calculated root. More...

bool	SetFunction (const IGradFunction &f, double xstart)
	Sets the function for algorithms using derivatives. More...

bool	SetFunction (GSLFuncPointer f, GSLFuncPointer df, GSLFdFPointer fdf, void *p, double Root)

bool	Solve (int maxIter=100, double absTol=1E-8, double relTol=1E-10)
	Find the root (return false if failed) More...

int	Status () const
	Return the status of last root finding. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from ROOT::Math::IRootFinderMethod
	IRootFinderMethod ()
	Default Constructor. More...

virtual	~IRootFinderMethod ()
	Default Destructor. More...

virtual bool	SetFunction (const ROOT::Math::IGenFunction &, double, double)
	Sets the function for the rest of the algorithms. More...

Additional Inherited Members
Public Types inherited from ROOT::Math::GSLRootFinderDeriv
typedef void(*	GSLFdFPointer) (double, void , double , double *)

typedef double(*	GSLFuncPointer) (double, void *)

Protected Member Functions inherited from ROOT::Math::GSLRootFinderDeriv
void	FreeSolver ()

void	SetSolver (GSLRootFdFSolver *s)