Abstract
In this paper, we proposed a new highly efficient two-point sixth-order family of Halley type methods that do not require any second-order derivative evaluation for obtaining simple roots of nonlinear equations, numerically. In terms of computational cost, each member of the family requires two-function and two first-order derivative evaluations per iteration. On the account of the results obtained, it is found that our proposed methods are efficient and show better performance than existing sixth-order methods available in the literature. Further, it is also noted that larger basins of attraction belong to our methods as compared to the existing ones. On the other hand, the existing methods are slower and have darker basins while some of them are too sensitive upon the choice of the initial value.