A one-step subregion method for delay differential equations (Q579868)

The author develops a one-step method for delay differential equations of the type \[ y'=f(t,y(t),\quad y(g(t)),\quad t\geq t_ 0;\quad y=w(t),\quad t\leq t_ 0. \] This method is equivalent to an implicit Runge-Kutta method. It approximates the solution in the whole interval with a piecewise polynomial of fixed degree n. For an appropriate choice of the mesh points, it provides uniform convergence \(O(h^{n+1})\) and the superconvergence \(O(h^{2n})\) at the nodes. This numerical technique is applied to one of the following nonlinear equations: \(y'(t)=-\lambda y(t-1)(1+y^ 2(t)),\) \(t\geq 0\); \(y(t)=t\), -1\(\leq t\leq 0\) for \(\lambda =1,2\).