An Interval Algorithm for Bounding the Ranges of Real-Valued Functions of One Real Variable

An interval algorithm FRANGE which determines computationally rigorous bounds on the ranges of functions f : R1 → R1 [a, b] c R1 with prescribed over-estimation is described. It is assumed that f ∈ C2(D) where D c R1 is an open interval containing [a, b]. The algorithm FRANGE is based on an algorithm due to Rall and offers a choice of four selections of function, derivative and slope evaluations. Numerical results from a Fortran 90 implementation of FRANGE are presented.