An efficient higher order family of root finders (Q2483336)

A one parameter family of iterative methods for simultaneous approximation of simple complex zeros of polynomial, based on a cubically convergent Hansen-Patrick's family [\textit{E. Hansen} and \textit{M. Patrick}, Numer. Math. 27, 257--269 (1977; Zbl 0361.65041)], is studied. It is shown that the convergence of fourth order of the basic family can be increased to five and six using Newton's and Halley's corrections, respectively. Since these corrections use the already calculated values, the computational efficiency of the accelerated methods is significantly increased. Numerical examples demonstrate the convergence properties of the presented family of root-finding methods.