Increasing the order of convergence for iterative methods to solve nonlinear systems

Abstract

For solving nonlinear systems, we introduce a technique that improves the order of convergence of any given iterative method which uses the extended Newton iteration as a predictor. Based on a given iterative method of order $$p\ge 2$$pź2, a new method of order $$p+2$$p+2 is developed by introducing just one evaluation of the function. We obtain some new methods with higher order of convergence by applying this procedure to some known methods. Computational efficiency in the general form is discussed and comparisons are made between these new methods and the ones from which have been derived. We also perform several numerical tests to show the asymptotic behaviors which confirm the theoretical results.