On the contractivity of implicit-explicit linear multistep methods (Q1612458): Difference between revisions

Stability properties of implicit-explicit linear multistep methods (IMEX) are analyzed for the case of initial value problems for ordinary differential equations composed of stiff and nonstiff parts. In particular, the paper deals with contractivity and strong stability of the iterative process in the case of the linear autonomous test problem and an Euclidean norm. Several proposition and theorems concerning the contractivity and strong stability of IMEX are proved. The situation where the contractivity region is replaced by the larger stability region, is also considered.