Ridders' method is a variation of the method of false position for finding roots which fits the function in question with an exponential.
Ridders' Method
See also
Method of False Position, RootExplore with Wolfram|Alpha
References
Ostrowski, A. M. Ch. 12 in Solutions of Equations and Systems of Equations, 2nd ed. New York: Academic Press, 1966.Press, W. H.; Flannery, B. P.; Teukolsky, S. A.; and Vetterling, W. T. "Secant Method, False Position Method, and Ridders' Method." §9.2 in Numerical Recipes in FORTRAN: The Art of Scientific Computing, 2nd ed. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, pp. 347-352, 1992.Ralston, A. and Rabinowitz, P. §8.3 in A First Course in Numerical Analysis, 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1978.Ridders, C. F. J. "A New Algorithm for Computing a Single Root of a Real Continuous Function." IEEE Trans. Circuits Systems 26, 979-980, 1979.Referenced on Wolfram|Alpha
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