The approximate solution of initial-value problems for general Volterra integro-differential equations (Q1094851)

We study the application of certain polynomial spline collocation methods to Volterra integrodifferential equations of order r where the rth derivative of the unknown solution occurs also in the kernel function of the equation. The analysis focuses on the questions of the attainable order of discrete (local) convergence and the numerical implementation of these methods. The performance of the resulting implicit Runge-Kutta- Nyström type methods is illustrated by numerical examples.