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Third-order iterative methods under Kantorovich conditions

2007, Journal of mathematical analysis and applications

Abstract

We study a class of third-order iterative methods for nonlinear equations on Banach spaces. A characterization of the convergence under Kantorovich type conditions and optimal estimates of the error are found. Though, in general, these methods are not very extended due to their computational costs, we will show some examples in which they are competitive and even cheaper than other simpler methods. We center our analysis in both, analytic and computational, aspects.

Key takeaways

  • The main practical difficulty related to the classical third-order iterative methods is the evaluation of the second-order Fréchet derivative.
  • From Proposition 2, we will establish some sufficient conditions for the convergence of our class of third-order methods on Banach spaces, as we see in the next section.
  • Now, we can assert sufficient convergence conditions for third-order methods.
  • In this section, we are going to obtain a posteriori error estimates for the class of third-order methods considered in the paper.
  • In the previous examples, we may remark that most of the third-order methods using the evaluation of the second Fréchet derivative, at least, are competitive in front of the two-step thirdorder method we applied for comparison.