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A characterisation of Newton maps

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

A. Berger and
T. P. Hill
A. Berger
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand; e-mail: amo.berger@canterbury.ac.nz.
T. P. Hill
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA; e-mail: hill@math.gatech.edu.
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Abstract

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Conditions are given for a Ck map T to be a Newton map, that is, the map associated with a differentiable real-valued function via Newton's method. For finitely differentiable maps and functions, these conditions are only necessary, but in the smooth case, that is, for k = ∞, they are also sufficient. The characterisation rests upon the structure of the fixed point set of T and the value of the derivative T′ there, and it is best possible as is demonstrated through examples.

Keywords

Newton's methodNewton mapfixed point setattracting fixed point

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Type
Research Article
Information
The ANZIAM Journal , Volume 48 , Issue 2 , October 2006, pp. 211 - 223
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 2006

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