Program in Fortran 90 based on the multiprecision package MPFUN, by D. Bailey.
Machine used: IBM Risc 6000.
Time for Newton-isolating all the roots:
for n=20, a=1: 0.1 seconds;
for n=200, : 0.8 seconds;
for n=500,
: 3.8 seconds;
Dario Andrea Bini, Dipartimento di Matematica, via Buonarroti 2, 56127 Pisa, ITALY bini@dm.unipi.it October 15, 1996