Order conditions for RKN methods solving general second-order oscillatory systems (Q2453475)

The authors extend their extended Runge-Kutta-Nyström (RKN) methods so that they can now handle general second-order autonomous oscillatory systems of the form \(y'' + M y = f(y, y')\) with an arbitrary square matrix \(M\). The coefficients of the method depend on the frequency matrix \(M\). Using the newly developed concept of extended Nyström trees, the order conditions are discussed.