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Newton's method on the complex exponential function

Author(s): Mako E. Haruta
Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 351 (1999), 2499-2513.
MSC (1991): Primary 58F23
Posted: February 15, 1999
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Abstract: We show that when Newton's method is applied to the product of a polynomial and the exponential function in the complex plane, the basins of attraction of roots have finite area.


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Additional Information:

Mako E. Haruta
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut 06117
Email: mharuta@hartford.edu

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9947-99-01927-3
PII: S 0002-9947(99)01927-3
Keywords: Newton's method, basin of attraction
Received by editor(s): February 27, 1995
Received by editor(s) in revised form: September 22, 1996
Posted: February 15, 1999
Copyright of article: Copyright 1999, American Mathematical Society


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