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Solving $p$-adic polynomial equations using Jarratt's Method

Number Theory 2021-12-28 v1

Abstract

We implement an iterative numerical method to solve polynomial equations f(x)=0f(x)=0 in the pp-adic numbers, where f(x)Zp[x]f(x) \in\mathbb{Z}_p[x]. This method is a simplified pp-adic analogue of Jarratt's method for finding roots of functions over the real numbers. We establish that our method has a higher order of convergence than J.F.T. Rabago's pp-adic version of Olver's method from 2016. Moreover, we weaken the initial conditions in Rabago's method, which allows us to start the iteration with a multiple root of the congruence f(x)0modpf(x) \equiv 0 \bmod{p}.

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@article{arxiv.2112.13375,
  title  = {Solving $p$-adic polynomial equations using Jarratt's Method},
  author = {Stephan Baier and Swarup Kumar Das and Saayan Mukherjee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.13375},
  year   = {2021}
}

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