On the local convergence of the Modified Newton method

The aim of this paper is to investigate the local convergence of the Modified Newton method, i.e. the classical Newton method in which the first derivative is re-evaluated periodically after m steps. The convergence order is shown to be m + 1. A new algorithm is proposed for the estimation the convergence radius of the method. We propose also a threshold for the number of steps after which is recommended to re-evaluate the first derivative in the Modified Newton method.