Heun and Runge-Kutta

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1 total messages Started by John Harper Tue, 15 Sep 1992 22:17

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Author: John Harper
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 22:17

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Some textbooks (e g Burden & Faires "Numerical Analysis") call a second-
order Runge-Kutta method for ordinary differential equations Heun's method. 
Did Heun publish first and not discover the higher-order R-K methods, or 
is there some other reason for his name to be on it?

John Harper Mathematics Dept. Victoria University Wellington New Zealand

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