Ein lokal überlinear konvergentes Verfahren zur Bestimmung von Rückkehrpunkten implizit definierter Raumkurven

Summary A numerical technique is described for computing turning points of a space curveL implicitly defined by a nonlinear system ofn equations inn+1 variables. The basic idea is a local parametrization ofL where the parameter that gives the next iterate is determined by applying one step of the well-known method for minimizing a real function using cubic Hermite interpolation with two nodes. The method is shown to convergeQ-super-linearly and withR-order of at least two. A numerical example concerning the analysis of nonlinear resistive circuits shows the algorithm to work effectively on real life problems.