The convergence ball of the secant method under Hölder continuous divided differences (Q2496264)

Let \(X, Y\) be Banach spaces, \(D\) be an open convex subset of \(X\). Let \(F: D\subset X\to Y\) be an operator. Suppose \(x_*\) is a solution of \(F(x)=0.\) An open ball \(B(x_*, r)\subset X\) with center \(x_*\) and radius \(r\) is called a convergence ball of an iterative method, if the sequence generated by this iterative method starting from any initial values in it converges. The authors study the convergence ball of the secant method under the hypothesis that the nonlinear operators have Hölder continuous divided differences of order one, an estimate of the radius of the convergence ball of the secant method is obtained, and an error estimate is also established.