On the \(R\)-order of the Halley method (Q1771000)

The authors consider the cubically convergent Halley method for solving the equation \(F(x)=0\), where \(F\) is a nonlinear differentiable operator defined on an open convex subset \(\Omega\) of Banach space \(X\) with values in a Banach space \(Y\). They concentrate on the semilocal convergence analysis under mild differentiability conditions. The semilocal convergence analysis takes into account some conditions for the operator \(F\) and the initial guess of the solution. For establishing the semilocal convergence for the Halley method they develop a new technique based on a system of recurrence relations involving two sequences of real numbers. They prove that under some mild differentiability conditions the Halley method is of \(R\)-order at least two but if \(F''\) is \((L,p)\)-Hölder continuous with \(p\in[0,1]\), then the \(R\)-order is at least \(2+p\).