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In mathematics, and more specifically in numerical analysis, Householder's methods are a class of root-finding algorithms that are used for functions of one real variable with continuous derivatives up to some order d + 1. Each of these methods is characterized by the number d, which is known as the order of the method. The algorithm is iterative and has a rate of convergence of d + 1.
These methods are named after the American mathematician Alston Scott Householder.
Householder's method is a numerical algorithm for solving the equation f(x) = 0. In this case, the function f has to be a function of one real variable. The method consists of a sequence of iterations
beginning with an initial guess x0. [1]
If f is a d + 1 times continuously differentiable function and a is a zero of f but not of its derivative, then, in a neighborhood of a, the iterates xn satisfy:[ citation needed ]
This means that the iterates converge to the zero if the initial guess is sufficiently close, and that the convergence has order d + 1 or better. Furthermore, when close enough to a, it commonly is the case that for some . In particular,
Despite their order of convergence, these methods are not widely used because the gain in precision is not commensurate with the rise in effort for large d. The Ostrowski index expresses the error reduction in the number of function evaluations instead of the iteration count. [2]
Suppose f is analytic in a neighborhood of a and f(a) = 0. Then f has a Taylor series at a and its constant term is zero. Because this constant term is zero, the function f(x) / (x − a) will have a Taylor series at a and, when f ′ (a) ≠ 0, its constant term will not be zero. Because that constant term is not zero, it follows that the reciprocal (x − a) / f(x) has a Taylor series at a, which we will write as and its constant term c0 will not be zero. Using that Taylor series we can write
When we compute its d-th derivative, we note that the terms for k = 1, ..., d conveniently vanish:
using big O notation. We thus get that the ratio
If a is the zero of f that is closest to x then the second factor goes to 1 as d goes to infinity and goes to a.
Suppose x = a is a simple root. Then near x = a, (1/f)(x) is a meromorphic function. Suppose we have the Taylor expansion:
around a point b that is closer to a than it is to any other zero of f. By König's theorem, we have:
These suggest that Householder's iteration might be a good convergent iteration. The actual proof of the convergence is also based on these ideas.
Householder's method of order 1 is just Newton's method, since:
For Householder's method of order 2 one gets Halley's method, since the identities
and
result in
In the last line, is the update of the Newton iteration at the point . This line was added to demonstrate where the difference to the simple Newton's method lies.
The third order method is obtained from the identity of the third order derivative of 1/f
and has the formula
and so on.
The first problem solved by Newton with the Newton-Raphson-Simpson method was the polynomial equation . He observed that there should be a solution close to 2. Replacing y = x + 2 transforms the equation into
The Taylor series of the reciprocal function starts with
The result of applying Householder's methods of various orders at x = 0 is also obtained by dividing neighboring coefficients of the latter power series. For the first orders one gets the following values after just one iteration step: For an example, in the case of the 3rd order, .
d | x1 |
---|---|
1 | 0.100000000000000000000000000000000 |
2 | 0.094339622641509433962264150943396 |
3 | 0.094558429973238180196253345227475 |
4 | 0.094551282051282051282051282051282 |
5 | 0.094551486538216154140615031261962 |
6 | 0.094551481438752142436492263099118 |
7 | 0.094551481543746895938379484125812 |
8 | 0.094551481542336756233561913325371 |
9 | 0.094551481542324837086869382419375 |
10 | 0.094551481542326678478801765822985 |
As one can see, there are a little bit more than d correct decimal places for each order d. The first one hundred digits of the correct solution are 0.0945514815423265914823865405793029638573061056282391803041285290453121899834836671462672817771577578.
Let's calculate the values for some lowest order,
And using following relations,
x | 1st (Newton) | 2nd (Halley) | 3rd order | 4th order |
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x1 | 0.100000000000000000000000000000000 | 0.094339622641509433962264150943395 | 0.094558429973238180196253345227475 | 0.09455128205128 |
x2 | 0.094568121104185218165627782724844 | 0.094551481540164214717107966227500 | 0.094551481542326591482567319958483 | |
x3 | 0.094551481698199302883823703544266 | 0.094551481542326591482386540579303 | 0.094551481542326591482386540579303 | |
x4 | 0.094551481542326591496064847153714 | 0.094551481542326591482386540579303 | 0.094551481542326591482386540579303 | |
x5 | 0.094551481542326591482386540579303 | |||
x6 | 0.094551481542326591482386540579303 |
An exact derivation of Householder's methods starts from the Padé approximation of order d + 1 of the function, where the approximant with linear numerator is chosen. Once this has been achieved, the update for the next approximation results from computing the unique zero of the numerator.
The Padé approximation has the form
The rational function has a zero at .
Just as the Taylor polynomial of degree d has d + 1 coefficients that depend on the function f, the Padé approximation also has d + 1 coefficients dependent on f and its derivatives. More precisely, in any Padé approximant, the degrees of the numerator and denominator polynomials have to add to the order of the approximant. Therefore, has to hold.
One could determine the Padé approximant starting from the Taylor polynomial of f using Euclid's algorithm. However, starting from the Taylor polynomial of 1/f is shorter and leads directly to the given formula. Since
has to be equal to the inverse of the desired rational function, we get after multiplying with in the power the equation
Now, solving the last equation for the zero of the numerator results in
This implies the iteration formula
Householder's method applied to the real-valued function f(x) is the same as Newton's method applied to the function g(x):
with
In particular, d = 1 gives Newton's method unmodified and d = 2 gives Halley's method.
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