/* poly/solve_quadratic.c * * Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007 Brian Gough * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at * your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */ /* solve_quadratic.c - finds the real roots of a x^2 + b x + c = 0 */ #include #include #include int gsl_poly_solve_quadratic (double a, double b, double c, double *x0, double *x1) { if (a == 0) /* Handle linear case */ { if (b == 0) { return 0; } else { *x0 = -c / b; return 1; }; } { double disc = b * b - 4 * a * c; if (disc > 0) { if (b == 0) { double r = sqrt (-c / a); *x0 = -r; *x1 = r; } else { double sgnb = (b > 0 ? 1 : -1); double temp = -0.5 * (b + sgnb * sqrt (disc)); double r1 = temp / a ; double r2 = c / temp ; if (r1 < r2) { *x0 = r1 ; *x1 = r2 ; } else { *x0 = r2 ; *x1 = r1 ; } } return 2; } else if (disc == 0) { *x0 = -0.5 * b / a ; *x1 = -0.5 * b / a ; return 2 ; } else { return 0; } } }