Runge-Kutta methods: Some historical notes (Q5961737)

We cite from the abstract: ``\(\ldots\) This centenary history of Runge-Kutta methods contains an appreciation of the early work of Runge, Heun, Kutta, and Nyström and a survey of some significant developments of these methods over the last hundred years. In particular, the order conditions \(\ldots\) will be outlined, \(\ldots\) the introduction and practical implementation of implicit Runge-Kutta methods, the use of linear and nonlinear stability analysis \(\ldots\) the theory and applications of the composition of methods \(\ldots\) Runge-Kutta methods for Hamiltonian systems \(\ldots\)''. Of great interest are also the comments on an early article of Coriolis (1837), and the picture of the historically first order star.