Variable multistep methods for delay differential equations (Q1609462)

The aim of the paper is to obtain explicit bounds for the global discretization error of a variable stepsize multistep method for delay differential initial value problems \[ \begin{aligned} y(t) &= f(t,y(t), y(t-\tau)),\quad a\leq t\leq b,\\ y(t) &= \phi(t),\quad \alpha\leq t\leq a,\quad 0\leq\tau\leq|a-\alpha|.\end{aligned} \] Following topics are discussed: Perturbed strongly stable variable multistep methods, growth of global discretization errors, error bounds and convergence of variable \(k\)-step methods.