Steps needed for an accuracy of 1d-7 for the function f(x)=x+dlog(x)
x0=0.1
x0=0.5
x=g(x)
g(x)=-dlog(x)
does not converge
does not converge
g(x)=dexp(-x)
27
24
g(x)=(x+dexp(-x))/2
9
9
g(x)=(x+2*dexp(-x))/3
5
4
Newton-Raphson
4
2
Halley
3
1