Runge-Kutta interpolants with minimal phase-lag (Q1309715)

The author considers continuous extensions of Runge-Kutta methods which are intended for solving systems of ordinary differential equations with oscillatory solutions. For a given Runge-Kutta method of this type the phase-lag is defined and analysed. Based on the method of \textit{P. J. Van der Houwen} and \textit{B. P. Sommeijer} [SIAM J. Numer. Anal. 24, 595-617 (1987; Zbl 0624.65058)], an embedded Runge-Kutta method with phase-lag order 10 is constructed. Experiments show that using this embedded method for stepsize control gives comparable errors in both the interpolant and grid point values.