Finding roots of equations in given neighborhoods (Q1091767)

For the numerical solution of certain nonlinear systems in n variables the author considers the homotopy defined by \(H(t,x)=(f(a+t(x-a))-f(a)/t\) for \(0<t\leq 1\) and \(H(0,x)=f'(a)(x-a),\) and proves the existence of the solution trajectory on suitable sets. There is little attempt to show the connection to known results of numerical homotopy theory in the literature.