Abstract: | If m and n are positive integers then let S(m, n) denote the linear space over R whose elements are the real-valued symmetric n-linear functions on Em with operations defined in the usual way. If is a function from some sphere S in Em to R then let (i)(x) denote the ith Frechet derivative of at x. In general (i)(x)∈S(m,i). In the paper “An Iterative Method for Solving Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations” Advances in Math. 19 (1976), 245–265] Neuberger presents an iterative procedure for solving a partial differential equation of the form , where k > n, is the unknown from some sphere in Em to R, A is a linear functional on S(m, n), and F is analytic. The defect in the theory presented there was that in order to prove that the iterates converged to a solution the condition was needed. In this paper an iteration procedure that is a slight variation on Neuberger's procedure is considered. Although the condition cannot as yet be eliminated, it is shown that in a broad class of cases depending upon the nature of the functional A the restriction may be replaced by the restriction . |