Research Article

A Two-Point Newton Method Suitable for Nonconvergent Cases and with Super-Quadratic Convergence

Table 1

Comparison of results of iterations of the two-point Newton method with Newton and secant methods.

FunctionRootStarting pointSecant methodNewton methodTwo-point Newton method

1.3652300134141000.51086
1965
−1.404491648215340−1975
−3976
−2.0000000000000−316811983
1.41168160
2.000000000000001.525178
2.51286
3.516118
= sin( ) ·  + ln( )−0.603231971557215−0.8875
−0.65854
3.0000000000000004292014
4.5392818
1.8571838602078402854
0.51185