The Computable Differential Equation Lecture ... - Bruce E. Shapiro
The Computable Differential Equation Lecture ... - Bruce E. Shapiro
The Computable Differential Equation Lecture ... - Bruce E. Shapiro
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114 CHAPTER 5. RUNGE-KUTTA METHODS<br />
Example 5.5. Find the stability function for the classical fourth-order Runge-Kutta<br />
method<br />
0 0<br />
1/2 1/2 0<br />
1/2 0 1/2 0<br />
(5.226)<br />
1 0 0 1 0<br />
1/6 1/3 1/3 1/6<br />
Solution.<br />
⎛<br />
⎞<br />
1 0 0 0<br />
I − zA = ⎜−z/2 1 0 0<br />
⎟<br />
⎝ 0 −z/2 1 0⎠ (5.227)<br />
0 0 −z 1<br />
<strong>The</strong>refore det(I − zA) = 1 and<br />
⎛<br />
⎞ ⎛ ⎞<br />
1 0 0 0 1 2 2 1<br />
I − zA + z1b T = ⎜−z/2 1 0 0<br />
⎟<br />
⎝ 0 −z/2 1 0⎠ + z ⎜1 2 2 1<br />
⎟<br />
6 ⎝1 2 2 1⎠ (5.228)<br />
0 0 −z 1 1 2 2 1<br />
⎛<br />
⎞<br />
1 + z/g z/3 z/3 z/6<br />
= ⎜ −z/3 1 + z/3 z/3 z/6<br />
⎟<br />
⎝ z/6 −z/6 1 + z/3 z/6 ⎠ (5.229)<br />
z/6 z/3 −2z/3 1 + z/6<br />
<strong>The</strong>refore<br />
det(I − zA + z1b T ) = 1 + z + z2<br />
2 + z3<br />
6 + z4<br />
24<br />
R(z) = 1 + z + z2<br />
2 + z3<br />
6 + z4<br />
24<br />
(5.230)<br />
(5.231)<br />
<strong>The</strong> formulas given by these theorems are examples of Padé Approximants.<br />
More specifically, a Padé Approximant is P m/n is a rational function<br />
P m/n (t) = P m(t)<br />
P n (t)<br />
(5.232)<br />
where P m and P n are polynomials of degrees m and n, respectively. <strong>The</strong> Padé Approximant<br />
is the best approximation of function by a rational function of a given<br />
order; it is essentially the Rational-function generalization of a Taylor approximation.<br />
We observe that not only is the result a rational function, it is a polynomial.<br />
This result is true in general for all explicit Runge-Kutta methods.<br />
Math 582B, Spring 2007<br />
California State University Northridge<br />
c○2007, B.E.<strong>Shapiro</strong><br />
Last revised: May 23, 2007