An elementary noniterative quadrature-type method for the numerical solution of a nonlinear equation (Q1074307)

A simple noniterative method for the numerical determination of one simple root of a nonlinear differentiable algebraic or transcendental function along a finite real interval is proposed. This method is based on the computation of an integral involving the above function both by the Gauss- and the Lobatto-Chebyshev quadrature rules for regular integrals and equating the obtained results. The convergence of the method is proved under mild assumptions and numerical results for two classical transcendental equations are presented.