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Finding roots of nonlinear equations using the method of concave support functions

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A method for finding roots of nonlinear equations on a closed interval generalizing Newton’s method is proposed. The class of functions for which the proposed method is convergent, is determined. The rate of convergence is estimated and results of a numerical simulation are given.

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Original Russian Text © O. V. Khamisov, 2015, published in Matematicheskie Zametki, 2015, Vol. 98, No. 3, pp. 427–435.

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Khamisov, O.V. Finding roots of nonlinear equations using the method of concave support functions. Math Notes 98, 484–491 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S000143461509014X

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