Research Article

Some Class of Third- and Fourth-Order Iterative Methods for Solving Nonlinear Equations

Table 4

Comparison of the number of iterations and function evaluations.

Function Guess NM CH3 HM3WR3 M3 SL4 KH4 M4 I M4 II

5.0 6 (12)4 (12)4 (12)4 (12)4 (12)4 (12) 3 (9) 3 (9) 3 (9)
4.9 6 (12)4 (12)4 (12)4 (12)4 (12)4 (12) 3 (9) 3 (9) 3 (9)
5.1 6 (12)4 (12)4 (12)4 (12)4 (12)4 (12) 3 (9) 3 (9) 3 (9)
4.5 6 (12)4 (12)4 (12)4 (12)4 (12)5 (15)4 (12)4 (12) 4 (12)
5.5 6 (12)4 (12)4 (12)4 (12)4 (12)5 (15)4 (12)4 (12) 4 (12)
4.0 7 (14)5 (15)5 (15)5 (15)5 (15) F4 (12)4 (12) 4 (12)
6.0 7 (14)5 (15)5 (15)5 (15)5 (15) F4 (12)4 (12) 4 (12)

2.5 8 (16)5 (15)5 (15)5 (15)5 (15)5 (15)5 (15)4 (12) 4 (12)
2.4 8 (16)5 (15)5 (15)5 (15)5 (15)4 (12)4 (12)4 (12) 4 (12)
2.6 8 (16)5 (15)5 (15)5 (15)5 (15)5 (15)5 (15)4 (12) 4 (12)
1.5 8 (16)6 (18)5 (15)5 (15)5 (15)5 (15)6 (18)5 (15) 5 (15)
3.0 9 (18)6 (18)5 (15)6 (18)6 (18)5 (15)5 (15)4 (12) 5 (15)
1.0 10 (20)10 (30)6 (18)7 (21)6 (18) D17 (51)9 (27) 8 (24)
3.5 9 (18)6 (18)5 (15)6 (18)6 (18) D5 (15)5 (15) 5 (15)

0.4 6 (12)4 (12)4 (12)4 (12)4 (12)4 (12)4 (12) 3 (9) 3 (9)
0.5 7 (14)5 (15)4 (12)4 (12)5 (15)4 (12)4 (12)4 (12) 4 (12)
0.3 7 (14)5 (15)5 (15)4 (12)5 (15)4 (12)4 (12)4 (12) 4 (12)
1.0 8 (16)9 (27)6 (18)5 (15)6 (18) D D12 (36) 6 (18)
0.0 7 (14)5 (15)5 (15)5 (15)5 (15)5 (15)4 (12)4 (12) 4 (12)
8 (16)6 (18)6 (18)6 (18)6 (18) D5 (15)5 (15) 5 (15)
0.8 8 (16)6 (18)5 (15)5 (15)5 (15)5 (15)5 (15)5 (15) 5 (15)

0.3 8 (16)6 (18)5 (15)5 (15)5 (15)5 (15)5 (15)5 (15) 4 (12)
0.1 6 (12)4 (12)4 (12)4 (12)4 (12)4 (12)4 (12)4 (12) 3 (9)
0.2 7 (14)5 (15)5 (15)5 (15)5 (15)4 (12)4 (12)4 (12) 4 (12)
0.6 10 (20)7 (21)6 (18)7 (21)6 (18)23 (69) F9 (27) 8 (24)
9 (18)6 (18)5 (15)6 (18)6 (18)5 (15)5 (15)5 (15) 5 (15)
1.3 9 (18) F7 (21)7 (21)14 (42) F7 (21)6 (18) 6 (18)
10 (20)7 (21)6 (18)6 (18)6 (18)6 (18)6 (18)5 (15) 5 (15)