import math

def bisect(f,x1,x2,switch=0,epsilon=1.0e-9):
    f1 = f(x1)
    if f1 == 0.0:
        return x1
    f2 = f(x2)
    if f2 == 0.0:
        return x2
    if f1*f2 > 0.0:
        print('Root is not bracketed')
        return None
    n = int(math.ceil(math.log(abs(x2 - x1)/epsilon)/math.log(2.0)))
    for i in range(n):
        x3 = 0.5*(x1 + x2); f3 = f(x3)
        if (switch == 1) and (abs(f3) >abs(f1)) and (abs(f3) > abs(f2)):
            return None
        if f3 == 0.0:
            return x3
        if f2*f3 < 0.0:
            x1 = x3
            f1 = f3
        else:
            x2 =x3
            f2 = f3
    return (x1 + x2)/2.0
