Topic explanation

Standard explanation

Stop when interval width or function value meets the required tolerance; report an honest precision.

Key points

• Bisection stopping criteria
• rule
• worked example
• Bisection stopping criteria: Stop when interval width or function value meets the required tolerance; report an honest precision.
• CONCEPT AND RULE: Stop when interval width or function value meets the required tolerance; report an honest precision.
• METHOD: For bisection stopping criteria, identify the given information and required result. Select the matc
• Stop when interval width or function value meets the required tolerance; report an honest precision.
• Worked pattern: After n steps, width is initial width/2^n.

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