On the steepest descent approximation method for the zeros of generalized accretive operators

In this paper we present certain characteristic conditions for the convergence of the generalized steepest descent approximation process to a zero of a generalized strongly accretive operator, defined on a uniformly smooth Banach space. Our study is based on an important result of Reich [S. Reich, An iterative procedure for constructing zeros of accretive sets in Banach spaces, Nonlinear Anal. 2 (1978) 85-92] and given results extend and improve some of the earlier results which include the steepest descent approximation method.