Convergence and Fixed Point
A formal definition of convergence can be stated as follows. Suppose as goes from to is a sequence that converges to a fixed point, with for all . If positive constants and exist with
then as goes from to converges to of order, with asymptotic error constant
Given a function with a fixed point, there is a nice checklist for checking the convergence of p.
- 1) First check that p is indeed a fixed point:
- 2) Check for linear convergence. Start by finding . If....
| then there is linear convergence | |
| series diverges | |
| then there is at least linear convergence and maybe something better, the expression should be checked for quadratic convergence |
- 3) If it is found that there is something better than linear the expression should be checked for quadratic convergence. Start by finding If....
| then there is quadratic convergence provided that is continuous | |
| then there is something even better than quadratic convergence | |
| does not exist | then there is convergence that is better than linear but still not quadratic |
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