Stability of Runge--Kutta methods in the numerical solution of equation \(u'(t)=au(t)+a_{0}u([t])\). (Q1428464)

This paper deals with the numerical solution of the delay differential equations with piecewise continuous arguments \(u'(t)=f(t, u(t), u(\alpha(t)))\). The stability of the Runge-Kutta methods is analyzed regarding stability regions. Conditions that the analytic stability region is contained in the numerical stability regions are obtained. Numerical results of the following problem \[ \begin{aligned} u_1'(t) & = -20u_1(t)-10.3 u_1([t]),\quad u_1(0)=1\\ u_2'(t) & = 10u_2(t)-10.001 u_2([t]),\quad u_2(0)=1 \end{aligned} \] are also given.