A Third Order Newton-Like Method and Its Applications

In this paper, we design a new third order Newton-like method and establish its convergence theory for finding the approximate solutions of nonlinear operator equations in the setting of Banach spaces. First, we discuss the convergence analysis of our third order Newton-like method under the omega-continuity condition. Then we apply our approach to solve nonlinear fixed point problems and Fredholm integral equations, where the first derivative of an involved operator does not necessarily satisfy the Holder and Lipschitz continuity conditions. Several numerical examples are given, which compare the applicability of our convergence theory with the ones in the literature.