roots 0.0.8

Library of well known algorithms for numerical root finding.
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use super::super::FloatType;
use super::super::Roots;

/// Solves a normalized cubic equation x^3 + a2*x^2 + a1*x + a0 = 0.
///
/// Trigonometric solution (arccos/cos) is implemented for three roots.
///
/// In case more than one roots are present, they are returned in the increasing order.
///
/// # Examples
///
/// ```
/// use roots::find_roots_cubic_normalized;
///
/// let one_root = find_roots_cubic_normalized(0f64, 0f64, 0f64);
/// // Returns Roots::One([0f64]) as 'x^3 = 0' has one root 0
///
/// let three_roots = find_roots_cubic_normalized(0f32, -1f32, 0f32);
/// // Returns Roots::Three([-1f32, -0f32, 1f32]) as 'x^3 - x = 0' has roots -1, 0, and 1
/// ```
pub fn find_roots_cubic_normalized<F: FloatType>(a2: F, a1: F, a0: F) -> Roots<F> {
    let _2 = F::from(2i16);
    let _3 = F::from(3i16);
    let _4 = F::from(4i16);
    let _9 = F::from(9i16);
    let _18 = F::from(18i16);
    let _27 = F::from(27i16);
    let _54 = F::from(54i16);

    let q = (_3 * a1 - a2 * a2) / _9;
    let r = (_9 * a2 * a1 - _27 * a0 - _2 * a2 * a2 * a2) / _54;
    let q3 = q * q * q;
    let d = q3 + r * r;
    let a2_div_3 = a2 / _3;

    if d < F::zero() {
        let phi_3 = (r / (-q3).sqrt()).acos() / _3;
        let sqrt_q_2 = _2 * (-q).sqrt();

        Roots::One([sqrt_q_2 * phi_3.cos() - a2_div_3])
            .add_new_root(sqrt_q_2 * (phi_3 - F::two_third_pi()).cos() - a2_div_3)
            .add_new_root(sqrt_q_2 * (phi_3 + F::two_third_pi()).cos() - a2_div_3)
    } else {
        let sqrt_d = d.sqrt();
        let s = (r + sqrt_d).cbrt();
        let t = (r - sqrt_d).cbrt();

        if s == t {
            if s + t == F::zero() {
                Roots::One([s + t - a2_div_3])
            } else {
                Roots::One([s + t - a2_div_3]).add_new_root(-(s + t) / _2 - a2_div_3)
            }
        } else {
            Roots::One([s + t - a2_div_3])
        }
    }
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod test {
    use super::super::super::*;

    #[test]
    fn test_find_roots_cubic_normalized() {
        assert_eq!(find_roots_cubic_normalized(0f32, 0f32, 0f32), Roots::One([0f32]));

        match find_roots_cubic_normalized(0f64, -1f64, 0f64) {
            Roots::Three(x) => {
                assert_float_array_eq!(1e-15, x, [-1f64, 0f64, 1f64]);
            }
            _ => {
                assert!(false);
            }
        }

        match find_roots_cubic_normalized(1f64, -2f64, 2f64) {
            Roots::One(x) => {
                assert_float_array_eq!(1e-15, x, [-2.269530842081142770853135f64]);
            }
            _ => {
                assert!(false);
            }
        }

        match find_roots_cubic_normalized(0f64, -3f64, 2f64) {
            Roots::Two(x) => {
                assert_float_array_eq!(1e-15, x, [-2f64, 1f64]);
            }
            _ => {
                assert!(false);
            }
        }

        match find_roots_cubic_normalized(-2f64, -3f64, 2f64) {
            Roots::Three(x) => {
                assert_float_array_eq!(
                    1e-15,
                    x,
                    [
                        -1.342923082777170208054859f64,
                        0.5293165801288393926136314f64,
                        2.813606502648330815441228f64
                    ]
                );
            }
            _ => {
                assert!(false);
            }
        }
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_find_roots_cubic_normalized_huge_discriminant() {
        // Try to find roots of the cubic polynomial where the highest coefficient is very small
        // (as reported by Andrew Hunter in July 2019)
        match find_roots_cubic_normalized(
            0.0126298310280606f64 / -0.000000000000000040410628481035f64,
            -0.100896606408756f64 / -0.000000000000000040410628481035f64,
            0.0689539597036461f64 / -0.000000000000000040410628481035f64,
        ) {
            //Roots::Three(x) => {
            //    // (According to Wolfram Alpha, roots must be 0.7547108770537f64, 7.23404258961f64, 312537357195213f64)
            //    // These results are returned by find_roots_cubic (using complex numbers).
            //    assert_float_array_eq!(1e-8, x, [0.7583841816097057f64, 7.233267996296344f64, 312537357195212.9f64]);
            //}
            Roots::One(x) => {
                // (According to Wolfram Alpha, roots must be 0.7547108770537f64, 7.23404258961f64, 312537357195213f64)
                // Due to the limited precision of calculations of arccos, the function cannot cope with such numbers.
                assert_float_array_eq!(1e-8, x, [312537357195212.4625f64]);
            }
            _ => {
                assert!(false);
            }
        }
    }
}