José Antonio Ezquerro Fernandez – författare

In this book the authors use a technique based on recurrence relations to study the convergence of the Newton method under mild differentiability conditions on the first derivative of the operator involved. The authors’ technique relies on the construction of a scalar sequence, not majorizing, that satisfies a system of recurrence relations, and guarantees the convergence of the method. The application is user-friendly and has certain advantages over Kantorovich’s majorant principle. First, it allows generalizations to be made of the results obtained under conditions of Newton-Kantorovich type and, second, it improves the results obtained through majorizing sequences. In addition, the authors extend the application of Newton’s method in Banach spaces from the modification of the domain of starting points. As a result, the scope of Kantorovich’s theory for Newton’s method is substantially broadened. Moreover, this technique can be applied to any iterative method.

This book is chiefly intended for researchers and (postgraduate) students working on nonlinear equations, as well as scientists in general with an interest in numerical analysis.

This monograph examines a variety of iterative methods in Banach spaces with a focus on those obtained from the Newton method. Together with the authors’ previous two volumes on the topic of the Newton method in Banach spaces, this third volume significantly extends Kantorovich''s initial theory. It accomplishes this by emphasizing the influence of the convexity of the function involved, showing how improved iterative methods can be obtained that build upon those introduced in the previous two volumes. Each chapter presents theoretical results and illustrates them with applications to nonlinear equations, including scalar equations, integral equations, boundary value problems, and more. Convexity in Newton''s Method will appeal to researchers interested in the theory of the Newton method as well as other iterative methods in Banach spaces.