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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

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