Module 5 : Solving Nonlinear Algebraic Equations
Section 6 : Existence of Solutions and Convergence of Iterative Methods [12]
 
Example 9 [9 ]Consider system
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which has a solution (1,1). The iterative method
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is not a contraction mapping near (1,1) and the iterations do not converge even if we start from a value close to the solution. On the other hand, the rearrangement
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is a contraction mapping and solution converges if the starting guess is close to the solution.