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Mathematics of Computation

Published by the American Mathematical Society since 1960 (published as Mathematical Tables and other Aids to Computation 1943-1959), Mathematics of Computation is devoted to research articles of the highest quality in computational mathematics.

ISSN 1088-6842 (online) ISSN 0025-5718 (print)

The 2020 MCQ for Mathematics of Computation is 1.78.

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On numerical integration of ordinary differential equations
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Math. Comp. 16 (1962), 22-49 Request permission

Abstract:

A reliable efficient general-purpose method for automatic digital computer integration of systems of ordinary differential equations is described. The method operates with the current values of the higher derivatives of a polynomial approximating the solution. It is thoroughly stable under all circumstances, incorporates automatic starting and automatic choice and revision of elementary interval size, approximately minimizes the amount of computation for a specified accuracy of solution, and applies to any system of differential equations with derivatives continuous or piecewise continuous with finite jumps. ILLIAC library subroutine #F7, University of Illinois Digital Computer Laboratory, is a digital computer program applying this method.
References
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Additional Information
  • © Copyright 1962 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Math. Comp. 16 (1962), 22-49
  • MSC: Primary 65.61
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0025-5718-1962-0136519-5
  • MathSciNet review: 0136519