• The Pure and Applied Mathematics
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.365-375
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• 2008

We present a new theorem for the semilocal convergence of Newton's method to a locally unique solution of an equation in a Banach space setting. Under a gamma-type condition we show that we can extend the applicability of Newton's method given in [12]. We also provide a comparative study between results using the classical Newton-Kantorovich conditions ([6], [7], [10]), and the ones using the gamma-type conditions ([12], [13]). Numerical examples are also provided.

• Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.83-108
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• 1997

Chebysheff-Halley methods are probably the best known cubically convergent iterative procedures for solving nonlinear equa-tions. These methods however require an evaluation of the second Frechet-derivative at each step which means a number of function eval-uations proportional to the cube of the dimension of the space. To re-duce the computational cost we replace the second Frechet derivative with a fixed bounded bilinear operator. Using the majorant method and Newton-Kantorovich type hypotheses we provide sufficient condi-tions for the convergence of our method to a locally unique solution of a nonlinear equation in Banach space. Our method is shown to be faster than Newton's method under the same computational cost. Finally we apply our results to solve nonlinear integral equations appearing in radiative transfer in connection with the problem of determination of the angular distribution of the radiant-flux emerging from a plane radiation field.

• The Pure and Applied Mathematics
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.35-45
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• 2008

In cases sufficient conditions for the semilocal convergence of Newtonlike methods are violated, we start with a modified Newton-like method (whose weaker convergence conditions hold) until we stop at a certain finite step. Then using as a starting guess the point found above we show convergence of the Newtonlike method to a locally unique solution of a nonlinear operator equation in a Banach space setting. A numerical example is also provided.