510 Difference Methods for Solving Nonlinear Equationsis valid under the condition ll.f^11 (y)lle = 16q.
Indeed, in conformity with the maximu1n principle (for more detail
see Chapter 4, Section 2) problem (9) has for .f'(y) < 0 the majorant
V ( x) = f{ x ( 1 - :r) , [ [ V ( x) [ [ e < % K ,where I\= % fl.f^11 (y)ffe · lft [[~,,so that
lfkt
1
lie< If VIie < 115 ff.f^11 (Y)fle · lit II~< q flt II~·view, we deduce that
If kt! lie< ~ q ffq3 if2ek+i , ,thereby confinning the quadratic law of the convergence of iterations with
the initial approximation y subject to the condition
0 0
q lfY - yffc < 1 or !J f[v fie < 1 ·
When f' (y) > -c 1 , c 1 > 0, an alternative esti1nate in the grid norm of the
space L instead of (10) is such that( 11)
wherelfkt^111 < ll.f
11
(y)ffe flt 112 = q^1 flt 112 ,- 2(b+c1) o+c1
- 27rh
b = h2 sm 2
1
and q1 = 2 lf.f
11
(Y)ffe ·
Other iterative n1ethods apply equally well to problen1 (2). An1ong
the1n the 1nethod with the recurrence relation
k+l k •. k
Y J:x = {)Yxx - (1-{)) f(y)
will be appreciated. Here the parameter {) is given by the formulac* = inax lf'(y)[:
y
in so doing the iterations converge with the rate of a ge01netric progression
with clen01ninator (h = {), so thatIt is worth noting here that the iterations converge no matter how the initial
approximation y is chosen, because {) < 1.