Ball convergence of an efficient fifth order iterative methods under weak conditions

Abstract. The aim of this paper is to expand the applicability of a fast iterative method in a Banach space setting. Moreover, we provide computable radius of convergence, error bounds on the distances involved and a proof of uniqueness of solution based on Lipschitz-type functions not given before. Furthermore, we avoid hypotheses on high order derivatives which limit the applicability of the method. Instead, we only use hypotheses on the first derivative. The convergence order is determined using the computational order of convergence or the approximate order of convergence.