public void T01_OneDimensional()
{
// this is pretty close to the minimum that i can make it while still passing, given the original implementation. if an
// implementation degrades substantially (with these functions, anyway), this should catch it
const double Accuracy = 1.77636e-15;
// this is a simple parabola with a double root at x=1. because of the double root, which means the function never crosses zero, only
// touches it, many methods have more trouble with it. in particular, only unbounded newton raphson is able to find it without having
// the root at one of the interval boundaries
DifferentiableFunction function = new DifferentiableFunction(x => (x - 1) * (x - 1), x => 2 * x - 2); // f(x) = (x-1)^2
// test unbounded newton raphson with a wide interval
Assert.AreEqual(1, FindRoot.UnboundedNewtonRaphson(function, new RootBracket(-10, 10)), Accuracy);
// the others need the root to be at one of the boundaries, although this is a trivial case for any method. make sure it works from
// both edges for all methods
Assert.AreEqual(1, FindRoot.BoundedNewtonRaphson(function, new RootBracket(1, 10)), Accuracy);
Assert.AreEqual(1, FindRoot.BoundedNewtonRaphson(function, new RootBracket(-10, 1)), Accuracy);
Assert.AreEqual(1, FindRoot.Brent(function, new RootBracket(1, 10)), Accuracy);
Assert.AreEqual(1, FindRoot.Brent(function, new RootBracket(-10, 1)), Accuracy);
Assert.AreEqual(1, FindRoot.Subdivide(function, new RootBracket(1, 10)), Accuracy);
Assert.AreEqual(1, FindRoot.Subdivide(function, new RootBracket(-10, 1)), Accuracy);
// this is a parabola with roots at x=0 and x=2. since it crosses zero, it should be amenable to many different methods
function = new DifferentiableFunction(x => (x - 1) * (x - 1) - 1, x => 2 * x - 2); // f(x) = (x-1)^2 - 1
// first, let's try some root bracketing
RootBracket interval = new RootBracket(0.5, 1.5);
// bracket outwards
Assert.IsTrue(FindRoot.BracketOutward(function, ref interval));
Assert.IsTrue(interval.Min <= 0 && interval.Max >= 0 || interval.Min <= 2 && interval.Max >= 2); // make sure it brackets a root
// bracket inwards. since interval, when divided into 20 pieces, will have the roots exactly on the boundaries, the sub intervals
// should also (although that's not something we need to verify)
interval = new RootBracket(-10, 10);
bool foundZero = false, foundTwo = false;
foreach (RootBracket sub in FindRoot.BracketInward(function, interval, 20))
{
if (sub.Min <= 0 && sub.Max >= 0)
{
foundZero = true;
}
if (sub.Min <= 2 && sub.Max >= 2)
{
foundTwo = true;
}
Assert.IsTrue(sub.Min <= 0 && sub.Max >= 0 || sub.Min <= 2 && sub.Max >= 2);
}
Assert.IsTrue(foundZero && foundTwo);
// try again, using an interval that doesn't divide evenly (and therefore won't provide cases that are trivial to solve)
interval = new RootBracket(-8, 9);
foundZero = foundTwo = false;
foreach (RootBracket sub in FindRoot.BracketInward(function, interval, 20))
{
double root = -1;
if (sub.Min <= 0 && sub.Max >= 0)
{
foundZero = true;
root = 0;
}
else if (sub.Min <= 2 && sub.Max >= 2)
{
foundTwo = true;
root = 2;
}
else
{
Assert.Fail();
}
// ensure that all methods find the root
Assert.AreEqual(root, FindRoot.BoundedNewtonRaphson(function, sub), Accuracy);
Assert.AreEqual(root, FindRoot.Brent(function, sub), Accuracy);
Assert.AreEqual(root, FindRoot.Subdivide(function, sub), Accuracy);
Assert.AreEqual(root, FindRoot.UnboundedNewtonRaphson(function, sub), Accuracy);
}
Assert.IsTrue(foundZero && foundTwo);
// ensure that unbounded newton-raphson fails properly when there's no root
function = new DifferentiableFunction(x => x * x + 1, x => 2 * x); // f(x) = x^2+1, a parabola with no root
interval = new RootBracket(-1, 1);
TestHelpers.TestException <RootNotFoundException>(delegate { FindRoot.UnboundedNewtonRaphson(function, interval); });
// ensure that the others complain about the root not being bracketed
TestHelpers.TestException <ArgumentException>(delegate { FindRoot.BoundedNewtonRaphson(function, interval); });
TestHelpers.TestException <ArgumentException>(delegate { FindRoot.Brent(function, interval); });
TestHelpers.TestException <ArgumentException>(delegate { FindRoot.Subdivide(function, interval); });
// ensure that bracketing fails as it should
Assert.IsFalse(FindRoot.BracketOutward(function, ref interval));
Assert.AreEqual(0, FindRoot.BracketInward(function, new RootBracket(-10, 10), 20).Count());
}
