Table Of ContentThe Theory and
Applications of
Iteration Methods
The Theory and
Applications of
Iteration Methods
Second Edition
Ioannis K. Argyros
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Contents
Preface.....................................................................................................................xiii
Acknowledgement...................................................................................................xv
Author....................................................................................................................xvii
Chapter1 TheConvergenceofAlgorithmicModels.......................................1
1.1 AlgorithmicModels................................................................1
1.2 ConvergenceCriteriaforAlgorithmicModels.......................3
1.3 Applications............................................................................9
1.4 Exercises...............................................................................34
References......................................................................................36
Chapter2 TheConvergenceofIterationSequences......................................39
2.1 TheGeneralConvergenceTheorem.....................................39
2.2 Convergenceofl-StepMethods...........................................41
2.3 ConvergenceofSingle-StepMethods..................................44
2.4 ConvergenceofSingle-StepMethodswith
DifferentiableIterationFunctions.........................................48
2.5 Applications..........................................................................52
2.6 Exercises.............................................................................100
References....................................................................................103
Chapter3 MonotoneConvergence...............................................................105
3.1 GeneralResults...................................................................105
3.2 AGeneralModelinLinearSpaces.....................................106
3.3 Applications........................................................................110
3.4 Exercises.............................................................................129
References....................................................................................132
Chapter4 Applicationsin:...........................................................................133
4.1 NeuralNetworks.................................................................133
4.2 ReliabilityEngineering.......................................................134
4.3 EconomicModels...............................................................142
4.4 Exercises.............................................................................146
References....................................................................................147
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Chapter5 ANovelSchemeFreefromDerivatives......................................149
5.1 Convergence.......................................................................150
5.2 Applications........................................................................154
5.3 Exercises.............................................................................157
References....................................................................................159
Chapter6 EfficientSixthConvergenceOrderMethod................................161
6.1 Localconvergence..............................................................162
6.2 Applications........................................................................168
6.3 Exercises.............................................................................172
References....................................................................................173
Chapter7 High-OrderIterativeMethods.....................................................175
7.1 LocalconvergenceAnalysisI.............................................175
7.2 LocalconvergenceanalysisII.............................................177
7.3 Applications........................................................................183
7.4 Applicationswithlargesystems.........................................187
7.5 Exercises.............................................................................190
References....................................................................................192
Chapter8 UnifiedLocalConvergenceofk−StepSolvers...........................195
8.1 Localconvergence..............................................................197
8.2 Applications........................................................................200
8.3 Exercises.............................................................................204
References....................................................................................206
Chapter9 BallComparisonBetweenThreeSixth-OrderMethods.............207
9.1 Localconvergence..............................................................208
9.2 Applications........................................................................216
9.3 Exercises.............................................................................220
References....................................................................................221
Chapter10 ConstrainedGeneralizedEquations ...........................................223
10.1 Notationandauxiliaryresults.............................................225
10.2 ThelocalNewtonmethod...................................................226
10.3 Applications........................................................................235
10.4 Exercises.............................................................................236
References....................................................................................238
Chapter11 Inexact Gauss–Newton Method for Solving Least Squares
Problems......................................................................................241
11.1 Majorizingsequences.........................................................243
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11.2 ConvergenceAnalysisforAlgorithmTGNU(I)................246
11.3 ConvergenceAnalysisforAlgorithmTGNU(II)...............252
11.4 Applications........................................................................254
11.5 Exercises.............................................................................256
References....................................................................................257
Chapter12 The Kantorovich’s Theorem on Newton’s Method for Solving
GeneralizedEquation..................................................................259
12.1 Preliminaries.......................................................................261
12.2 Kantorovich’stheoremforNewton’smethod....................262
12.3 Applications........................................................................268
12.4 Exercises.............................................................................270
References....................................................................................272
Chapter13 AnInverseFreeBroyden’sMethod.............................................273
13.1 Preliminaries:regularlycontinuousdd...............................274
13.2 Semi-localconvergenceanalysisofBM.............................276
13.3 Applications........................................................................283
13.4 Exercises.............................................................................286
References....................................................................................288
Chapter14 ComplexityofaHomotopyMethodforLocatinganApproximate
Zero..............................................................................................289
14.1 Convergenceanalysis..........................................................290
14.2 SpecialCases......................................................................294
14.3 Applications........................................................................295
14.4 Exercises.............................................................................297
References....................................................................................299
Chapter15 InexactMethodsforFindingZeroswithMultiplicity.................301
15.1 Auxiliaryresults..................................................................303
15.2 Ballconvergence.................................................................305
15.3 Applications........................................................................309
15.4 Exercises.............................................................................310
References....................................................................................311
Chapter16 Multi-StepHighConvergenceOrderMethods............................313
16.1 Localconvergenceanalysis................................................314
16.2 Applications........................................................................317
16.3 Exercises.............................................................................320
References....................................................................................322