newton.hpp

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#ifndef quantlib_solver1d_newton_h
#define quantlib_solver1d_newton_h
 
#include <ql/math/solvers1d/newtonsafe.hpp>
 
namespace QuantLib {
 
 
    class Newton : public Solver1D<Newton> {
      public:
        template <class F>
        Real solveImpl(const F& f,
                       Real xAccuracy) const {
 
            /* The implementation of the algorithm was inspired by
               Press, Teukolsky, Vetterling, and Flannery,
               "Numerical Recipes in C", 2nd edition,
               Cambridge University Press
            */
 
            Real froot, dfroot, dx;
 
            froot = f(root_);
            dfroot = f.derivative(root_);
            QL_REQUIRE(dfroot != Null<Real>(),
                       "Newton requires function's derivative");
            ++evaluationNumber_;
 
            while (evaluationNumber_<=maxEvaluations_) {
                dx = froot/dfroot;
                root_ -= dx;
                // jumped out of brackets, switch to NewtonSafe
                if ((xMin_-root_)*(root_-xMax_) < 0.0) {
                    NewtonSafe s;
                    s.setMaxEvaluations(maxEvaluations_-evaluationNumber_);
                    return s.solve(f, xAccuracy, root_+dx, xMin_, xMax_);
                }
                if (std::fabs(dx) < xAccuracy) {
                    f(root_);
                    ++evaluationNumber_;
                    return root_;
                }
                froot = f(root_);
                dfroot = f.derivative(root_);
                ++evaluationNumber_;
            }
 
            QL_FAIL("maximum number of function evaluations ("
                    << maxEvaluations_ << ") exceeded");
        }
    };
 
}
 
#endif