On the radius of convergence of Newton's method under average mild differentiability conditions (Q1032563)

To solve a nonlinear equation \(F(x)\) in a Banach space \(X\) with a Fréchet-differentiable operator \(F: X\to Y\) the well-known Newton's method is studied. This method generates a sequence \(\{x_n\}\) approximating the solution \(x^*\). According to Rheinboldt the radius of convergence can be estimated under some Lipschitz conditions. In the present paper \(F'(x^*)^{-1}[F'(x)- F'(y)]\) is assumed to be Hölder continuous. Then a finer local convergence analysis can be proved. A wider choice of the initial vector \(x_0\) is possible, the convergence is ``faster'' in the sense, that a smaller number of computed steps gives a desired tolerance. The added two numerical examples are very simple!