Damped Traub’s method: Convergence and stability

In this paper, a parametric family including Newton’s and Traub’s iterative schemes is presented. Its local convergence and dynamical behavior on quadratic polynomials are studied. The analysis of fixed and critical points and the associated parameter plane show the dynamical richness of the family and allow us to find members of it with good numerical properties, as well as other ones with very unstable behavior.