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Keywords:
nonsmooth equations; Newton method; approximate Newton method; max-type function; composite function; convergence
Summary:
The paper is devoted to two systems of nonsmooth equations. One is the system of equations of max-type functions and the other is the system of equations of smooth compositions of max-type functions. The Newton and approximate Newton methods for these two systems are proposed. The Q-superlinear convergence of the Newton methods and the Q-linear convergence of the approximate Newton methods are established. The present methods can be more easily implemented than the previous ones, since they do not require an element of Clarke generalized Jacobian, of B-differential, or of b-differential, at each iteration point.
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