TY - JOUR AU - Yu, Li AU - Wang, Xiaofeng PY - 2025 TI - Semi-local convergence of a sixth-order iterative method for solving nonlinear systems JO - Electronic Research Archive SP - 3794 EP - 3810 VL - 33 IS - 6 AB - This paper verifies the semi-local convergence of a sixth-order iterative method for solving nonlinear systems. In the proof, the recursive relation method is used to prove the semi-local convergence of the iterative method in Banach spaces. The proof process outlined above does not necessitate the higher-order continuous differentiability of the function L ( u ). The advantage of the iterative method is that by employing auxiliary sequences and functions, convergence can be established using only first-order Fréchet derivatives. The proposed sixth-order method reduces computational costs compared to existing sixth-order methods by requiring only one LU decomposition per iteration instead of two. Finally, this sixth-order iterative approach is utilized for solving Hammerstein equations along with real gas equation of state. The experimental results prove the effectiveness of the iterative method. UR - https://doi.org/10.3934/era.2025168 DO - 10.3934/era.2025168