A variant of Jarratt method with sixth-order convergence

In this paper, we present a variant of Jarratt method for solving non-linear equations. Per iteration the new method adds the evaluation of the function at another point in the procedure iterated by Jarratt method. As a consequence, the local order of convergence is improved from four for Jarratt method to six for the new method. A new multistep iteration scheme, based on the new method, is developed and numerical tests verifying the theory are also given.