Bracketed Polynomial Root Finder
Find one supported real root inside a supplied sign-change bracket and report its enclosure and residual.
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How to use Bracketed Polynomial Root Finder
A polynomial is continuous. Exact rational Horner signs for the parsed binary bracket points guide bisection; a genuine sign change encloses at least one root. Endpoint or exact midpoint roots return directly, while other outcomes retain a bounded enclosure.
- Enter coefficients, constant first, lower bracket point, upper bracket point, absolute enclosure width tolerance.
- Choose the stated convention and check the units and supported model.
- Calculate, inspect the result, then copy or download it.
Good to know
- Degree1–20plain-decimal coefficients, bracket within±1million, absolute tolerance1e-12–1 and at most200steps. Not all roots, a symbolic solution or an even-root detection scan. Unresolvable brackets/bit budgets reject.
- Runs locally. Text/JSON fields are capped at30,000 characters; stricter page-specific and numeric-string limits also apply. Numeric inputs are bounded to magnitude1e15 and nonzero magnitude at least1e-100 unless an exact-string mode states otherwise. Approximate summaries use12 significant digits; CSV numeric cells retain the complete stored value and potentially formula-like string cells gain a protective apostrophe; unsupported, non-finite or detected underflow states return an error.
Common questions
Will this find roots that do not cross the axis?
Not automatically. A repeated even-multiplicity root may have the same sign on both sides. Supply an exact endpoint root or a genuine sign-change bracket; otherwise the tool rejects it.
Is the input uploaded or saved?
No. The tool calculates inside this browser tab and provides a local download; it does not persist your input.
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