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#' @title Secant Method
#'
#' @description
#' The secant method for root finding
#'
#' @param f function to integrate
#' @param x an initial estimate of the root
#' @param tol the error tolerance
#' @param m the maximum number of iterations
#'
#' @details
#'
#' The secant method for root finding extends Newton's method to
#' estimate the derivative. It will return when the interval between
#' them is less than \code{tol}, the error tolerance. However, this
#' implementation also stop if after \code{m} iterations.
#'
#' @return the real root found
#'
#' @family optimz
#'
#' @examples
#' f <- function(x) { x^3 - 2 * x^2 - 159 * x - 540 }
#' secant(f, 1)
#'
#' @export
secant <- function(f, x, tol = 1e-3, m = 100) {
i <- 0
oldx <- x
oldfx <- f(x)
x <- oldx + 10 * tol
while(abs(x - oldx) > tol) {
i <- i + 1
if (i > m)
stop("No solution found")
fx <- f(x)
newx <- x - fx * ((x - oldx) / (fx - oldfx))
oldx <- x
oldfx <- fx
x <- newx
}
return(x)
}
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