Chaotic behavior of Newton's method (Q1308852)

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Chaotic behavior of Newton's method
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    Chaotic behavior of Newton's method (English)
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    24 May 1994
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    The idea of Newton's method is to obtain zeroes of a differentiable function \(f\) as attractors of the function \(N_ f(x)= x- f(x)/f'(x)\). However, even polynomials can have other attractors than these ones. The author deals with the problem what further kinds of attractors the Newton method can yield. The paper exhibits a \(C^ \infty\) function such that the \(\omega\)-limit set of \(N_ f\) includes every nonempty closed subset of Cantor's middle thirds set. Since derivatives need not be continuous, the Newton's method need not be represented by an iteration scheme of a continuous function. Hence the problem leads to the study of possible \(\omega\)-limit sets of a broader class of functions than continuous ones.
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    chaotic behaviour
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    zeroes of a differentiable function
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    attractors
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    Newton method
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    \(C^ \infty\) function
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    \(\omega\)-limit set
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    Cantor's middle thirds set
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    iteration
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