Numerical Stability of Runge-Kutta Methods for Differential Equations with Piecewise Constant Arguments with Matrix Coefficients

Abstract

The paper discusses the analytical stability and numerical stability of differential equations with piecewise constant arguments with matrix coefficients. Firstly, the Runge-Kutta method is applied to the equation and the recurrence relationship of the numerical solution of the equation is obtained. Secondly, it is proved that the Runge-Kutta method can preserve the convergence order. Thirdly, the stability conditions of the numerical solution under different matrix coefficients are given by Pad$\acute{e}$ approximation and order star theory. Finally, the conclusions are verified by several numerical experiments.

Keywords

• runge-kutta methods
• analytical stability
• numerical stability