Problem 837. Find all the zeros of sinus , cosinus and tangent in a given interval

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<div style = "text-align: start; line-height: 20px; min-height: 0px; white-space: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, monospace; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; white-space: normal; "><div style="display: block; min-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; transform-origin: 332px 197px; vertical-align: baseline; perspective-origin: 332px 197px; "><div style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 309px 10.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; perspective-origin: 309px 10.5px; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; transform-origin: 0px 0px; perspective-origin: 0px 0px; "><span style="">The aim is to find all the zeros of a function within an interval.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 309px 10.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; perspective-origin: 309px 10.5px; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; transform-origin: 0px 0px; perspective-origin: 0px 0px; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Input</span></span><span style="display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; transform-origin: 0px 0px; perspective-origin: 0px 0px; "><span style=""> :</span></span></div><ul style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 10px; transform-origin: 316px 50px; perspective-origin: 316px 50px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; "><li style="display: list-item; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 56px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 288px 10px; white-space: pre-wrap; perspective-origin: 288px 10px; margin-left: 56px; "><span style="display: inline; margin-left: 0px; transform-origin: 0px 0px; perspective-origin: 0px 0px; "><span style="">fcn : an anonymous function (@sin, @cos...)</span></span></li><li style="display: list-item; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 56px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 288px 10px; white-space: pre-wrap; perspective-origin: 288px 10px; margin-left: 56px; "></li><li style="display: list-item; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 56px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 288px 10px; white-space: pre-wrap; perspective-origin: 288px 10px; margin-left: 56px; "><span style="display: inline; margin-left: 0px; transform-origin: 0px 0px; perspective-origin: 0px 0px; "><span style="">lb : lower bound</span></span></li><li style="display: list-item; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 56px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 288px 10px; white-space: pre-wrap; perspective-origin: 288px 10px; margin-left: 56px; "></li><li style="display: list-item; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 56px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 288px 10px; white-space: pre-wrap; perspective-origin: 288px 10px; margin-left: 56px; "><span style="display: inline; margin-left: 0px; transform-origin: 0px 0px; perspective-origin: 0px 0px; "><span style="">ub :upper bound</span></span></li></ul><div style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 309px 10.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; perspective-origin: 309px 10.5px; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; transform-origin: 0px 0px; perspective-origin: 0px 0px; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Output</span></span><span style="display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; transform-origin: 0px 0px; perspective-origin: 0px 0px; "><span style=""> :</span></span></div><ul style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 10px; transform-origin: 316px 20px; perspective-origin: 316px 20px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; "><li style="display: list-item; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 56px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 288px 20px; white-space: pre-wrap; perspective-origin: 288px 20px; margin-left: 56px; "><span style="display: inline; margin-left: 0px; transform-origin: 0px 0px; perspective-origin: 0px 0px; "><span style="">output : vector with unique values for which the input function return zeroThe values must be sorted in ascending order.</span></span></li></ul><div style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 309px 10.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; perspective-origin: 309px 10.5px; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; transform-origin: 0px 0px; perspective-origin: 0px 0px; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Example</span></span></div><div style="background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247); border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 3px; margin-top: 10px; transform-origin: 329px 30px; perspective-origin: 329px 30px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 3px; "><div style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 18px; padding-left: 4px; transform-origin: 329px 10px; white-space: nowrap; perspective-origin: 329px 10px; "><span style="border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-right: 45px; min-height: 0px; padding-left: 0px; tab-size: 4; transform-origin: 0px 0px; white-space: pre; perspective-origin: 0px 0px; margin-right: 45px; "><span style="margin-right: 0px; ">output = find_zeros(@sin,0,2*pi) will </span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-left-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-right-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); border-top-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); caret-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); color: rgb(170, 4, 249); margin-right: 0px; outline-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); text-decoration-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); column-rule-color: rgb(170, 4, 249); ">return :</span></span></div><div style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 18px; padding-left: 4px; transform-origin: 329px 10px; white-space: nowrap; perspective-origin: 329px 10px; "><span style="border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-right: 45px; min-height: 0px; padding-left: 0px; tab-size: 4; transform-origin: 0px 0px; white-space: pre; perspective-origin: 0px 0px; margin-right: 45px; "><span style="margin-right: 0px; "></span></span></div><div style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 18px; padding-left: 4px; transform-origin: 329px 10px; white-space: nowrap; perspective-origin: 329px 10px; "><span style="border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-right: 45px; min-height: 0px; padding-left: 0px; tab-size: 4; transform-origin: 0px 0px; white-space: pre; perspective-origin: 0px 0px; margin-right: 45px; "><span style="margin-right: 0px; ">output = [0.0000    3.1416    6.2832]</span></span></div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 10px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 309px 10.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; perspective-origin: 309px 10.5px; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; transform-origin: 0px 0px; perspective-origin: 0px 0px; "><span style="">since the sinus function between [0 2pi] is zero for [0 pi 2pi]</span></span></div></div></div>

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Tim on 17 Jul 2012

I think test case 2 might be incorrect.

Richard Zapor on 17 Jul 2012

I disagree slightly with the expected solution to test 2.
Test 2 cos between [0 2pi]
[-pi/2 pi/2 3*pi/2]

I do not believe that -pi/2 is in the interval [0 2*pi].

If -pi/2 is desired then the answer to sin [0 2*pi] should be [-2*pi -pi 0 pi 2*pi]

Richard Zapor on 17 Jul 2012

Correction of assert function.
One of the ")" is in the wrong place.
is:
assert(all(abs(find_zeros(@sin,0,2*pi) -[0 pi 2*pi]<1e-9)))

Should be:
assert(all(abs(find_zeros(@sin,0,2*pi) -[0 pi 2*pi])<1e-9))

Rafael S.T. Vieira on 4 Sep 2020

As mentioned by others, the 2nd test case is incorrect, -pi/2 is outside the interal [0,2*pi] for the function cosine. And if we do plot cos(x) on said interval, we notice that the cosine function crosses the x-axis only twice.

goc3 on 29 Sep 2020

The –pi/2 has been removed from that test case.

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Cris Luengo on 18 Jul 2012

Yeah, the test set is wrong...

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