Boost
C++ Libraries
...one of the most highly
regarded and expertly designed C++ library projects in the
world.
— Herb Sutter and Andrei
Alexandrescu, C++
Coding Standards
This version of Boost is under active development. You are currently in the develop branch. The current version is 1.90.0.
The implementation of the bisection algorithm is extremely straightforward and not detailed here.
TOMS Algorithm 748: enclosing zeros of continuous functions is described in detail in:
Algorithm 748: Enclosing Zeros of Continuous Functions, G. E. Alefeld, F. A. Potra and Yixun Shi, ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software, Vol. 21. No. 3. September 1995. Pages 327-344.
The implementation here is a faithful translation of this paper into C++.