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The approximation of a multiple isolated root is a difficult problem. In fact the root can even be a repulsive root for a fixed point method like the Newton method. However there exists a huge literature on this topic but the answers given…
We address the general mathematical problem of computing the inverse $p$-th root of a given matrix in an efficient way. A new method to construct iteration functions that allow calculating arbitrary $p$-th roots and their inverses of…
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In this paper, we introduce an inexact regularized proximal Newton method (IRPNM) that does not require any line search. The method is designed to minimize the sum of a twice continuously differentiable function $f$ and a convex (possibly…
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Newton's method for polynomial root finding is one of mathematics' most well-known algorithms. The method also has its shortcomings: it is undefined at critical points, it could exhibit chaotic behavior and is only guaranteed to converge…
This paper present a numerical method for solving nonlinear Fredholm integral equations. The method is based upon Newton type approximations. Illustrative examples are included to demonstrate the validity and applicability of the technique.
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We present a modification of Newton's method to restore quadratic convergence for isolated singular solutions of polynomial systems. Our method is symbolic-numeric: we produce a new polynomial system which has the original multiple solution…
In this paper we present a subgradient method with non-monotone line search for the minimization of convex functions with simple convex constraints. Different from the standard subgradient method with prefixed step sizes, the new method…
This paper proposes and develops new Newton-type methods to solve structured nonconvex and nonsmooth optimization problems with justifying their fast local and global convergence by means of advanced tools of variational analysis and…
Considered herein is a modified Newton method for the numerical solution of nonlinear equations where the Jacobian is approximated using a complex-step derivative approximation. We show that this method converges for sufficiently small…
This paper studied the problem of solving the system of nonlinear equations ${\bf F}({\bf x})={\bf 0}$, where ${\bf F}:{\mathbb R}^{d}\to{\mathbb R}^d$. We propose Gram-Reduced Levenberg--Marquardt method which updates the Gram matrix ${\bf…
This paper addresses the numerical solution of the matrix square root problem. Two fixed point iterations are proposed by rearranging the nonlinear matrix equation $A - X^2 = 0$ and incorporating a positive scaling parameter. The proposals…
Root-finders based on full linear multistep methods (LMMs) use previous function values, derivatives and root estimates to iteratively find a root of a nonlinear function. As ODE solvers, full LMMs are typically not zero-stable. However,…
Simplex-type methods, such as the well-known Nelder-Mead algorithm, are widely used in derivative-free optimization (DFO), particularly in practice. Despite their popularity, the theoretical understanding of their convergence properties has…
The Semi-Implicit Root solver (SIR) is an iterative method for globally convergent solution of systems of nonlinear equations. Since publication, SIR has proven robustness for a great variety of problems. We here present MATLAB and MAPLE…
The solution of equations from the title is well known since the Euler's time. However, its proof in the case of multiple roots of the characteristic polynomial is rather long and technical and even appearance of the factors $x^m$ looks…
In the study of ordinary differential equations (ODEs) of the form $\hat{L}[y(x)]=f(x)$, where $\hat{L}$ is a linear differential operator, two related phenomena can arise: resonance, where $f(x)\propto u(x)$ and $\hat{L}[u(x)]=0$, and…
An iterative square root of a function $f$ is a function $g$ such that $g(g(\cdot))=f(\cdot)$. We obtain new characterizations for detecting the non-existence of such square roots for self-maps on arbitrary sets. This is used to prove that…