The non-existence of ten stage eighth order explicit Runge-Kutta methods (Q1067367)

In 1965, the author proved that at least six stages were required for an explicit Runge-Kutta method to be of order 5 [Math. Comput. 19, 408-417 (1965; Zbl 0132.364)]. A decade later he showed that nine stages were needed for a method of order 7 [SIAM J. Numer. Anal. 12, 304-315 (1975; Zbl 0318.65030)]. The present paper shows at least eleven stages are necessary to achieve order 8. This new result follows by at least 15 years the construction of two varieties of such methods. The complexity of arguments and the elegance of the presentation make this paper well worth study by researchers involved in the derivation of high order methods.