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Per iteration the methods require only four function evaluations, therefore, these are optimal in the sense of Kung-Traub conjecture. Stability of the proposed class is demonstrated by means of using a graphical tool, namely, basins of attraction. Boundaries of the basins are fractal like shapes through which basins are symmetric. Applicability of the methods is demonstrated on different nonlinear functions which illustrates the efficient convergence behavior. Comparison of the numerical results shows that the new derivative-free methods are good competitors to the existing optimal eighth-order techniques which require derivative evaluations.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/sym11060766","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,6,6]],"date-time":"2019-06-06T03:38:01Z","timestamp":1559792281000},"page":"766","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["Development of Optimal Eighth Order Derivative-Free Methods for Multiple Roots of Nonlinear Equations"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4627-2795","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Janak Raj","family":"Sharma","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mathematics, Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Longowal, Sangrur 148106, India"}]},{"given":"Sunil","family":"Kumar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mathematics, Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Longowal, Sangrur 148106, India"}]},{"given":"Ioannis K.","family":"Argyros","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mathematical Sciences, Cameron University, Lawton, OK 73505, USA"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,6,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Traub, J.F. 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