Abstract: For solving nonlinear and transcendental equation f(x)=0, a singnificant improvement on Newton’s method is proposed in this paper. New “Newton Like” methods are founded on the basis of Liapunov’s methods of dynamic system. These new methods preserve quadratic convergence and computational efficiency of Newton’s method, and remove the monotoneity condition imposed on f(x):f′(x)≠0.

Key words: nonlinear equation, transcendental equation, dynamic system, iterative method, Newton’s method, numerical analysis