The numerical example in appendix shows that the error decreases very
quickly. Some experiments have been performed with a large number of
significant digits (100 digits). These experiments seem to show the
method would be of order 2. This order is not very
impressive. However, the main strength of the method is that its
starts very quickly, even for very flat ellipses. The example shows
that in a quite difficult case we already have
after
only one iteration.
This order should be analyzed more precisely.
Luc Maisonobe
2006-02-04