On location and approximation of clusters of zeros: Case of embedding dimension one (Q870481)

This is a comprehensive study of locating and approximating clusters of isolated zeros with corank one of a complex analytic map \(f\) defined on a connected open subset of \({\mathbb C}^n\). The authors generalize the \(\alpha\)-theory for simple zeros of M. Shub and S. Smale with elegant geometric majorant series. They analyze properties of clusters of embedding dimension one under small deformation and discuss reduction techniques of the location and approximation of clusters of zeros to one variable problems. Algorithms are presented for locating and approximating clusters of zeros. Particularly, computable point estimates are discussed for evaluating convergence from an initial point. Numerical experiments illustrate consistence with the theoretical analysis.