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