@article{kaufman:1986:lcb, author = {Kaufman, Jr., Edwin H. and Lenker, Terry D.}, title = {Linear convergence and the bisection algorithm}, journal = {Amer. Math. Monthly}, fjournal = {The American Mathematical Monthly}, volume = {93}, year = {1986}, number = {1}, pages = {48–51}, issn = {0002-9890}, coden = {AMMYAE}, mrclass = {65H05}, mrnumber = {MR824590 (87d:65055)}, mrreviewer = {J. G. Herriot}, links = {\URL[FullText]{http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-9890%28198601%2993%3A1%3C48%3ALCATBA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-0}}, zblno = {0611.65029}}