A new class of efficient general linear methods for ordinary differential equations (Q2301397)

The authors propose and develop a new class of efficient linear methods of high stage order for stiff and non-stiff differential systems. Order and stage order conditions are obtained by employing order theory for such methods. The construction of continuous extensions and the estimation of local discretization errors are presented. Explicit and implicit methods with both quadratic and absolute stability and large regions of absolute stability are constructed. Numerical experiments demonstrate that all explicit and implicit methods achieve the expected order of accuracy, and for stiff systems no order reduction occurs.