Runge-Kutta defect control using Hermite-Birkhoff interpolation

Higham, D.J. (1991) Runge-Kutta defect control using Hermite-Birkhoff interpolation. SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, 12 (5). pp. 991-999. ISSN 1064-8275 (http://locus.siam.org/SISC/volume-12/art_0912053.h...)

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Abstract

Two techniques for reliably controlling the defect (residual) in the numerical solution of nonstifi initial value problems were given in [D. J. Higham, SIAM J. Numer. Anal., 26(1989), pp. 1175-1183]. This work describes an alternative approach based on Hermite-Birkhofi interpolation. The new approach has two main advantages-it is applicable to Runge-Kutta schemes of any order, and it gives rise to a defect of the optimum asymptotic order of accuracy. For a particular Runge-Kutta formula the asymptotic analysis is verified numerically.