On the global convergence of Chebyshev's iterative method

Abstract

In [A. Melman, Geometry and convergence of Euler's and Halley's methods, SIAM Rev. 39(4) (1997) 728–735] the geometry and global convergence of Euler's and Halley's methods was studied. Now we complete Melman's paper by considering other classical third-order method: Chebyshev's method. By using the geometric interpretation of this method a global convergence theorem is performed. A comparison of the different hypothesis of convergence is also presented.