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E. Fehlberg, “Low-Order Classical Runge-Kutta Formulas with Step Size Control and Their Application to Some Heat Transfer Problems,” Computing, Vol. 6, 1970, pp. 61-71. doi:10.1007/BF02241732

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• TITLE: Stepsize Selection in Explicit Runge-Kutta Methods for Moderately Stiff Problems

  AUTHORS: Justin Steven Calder Prentice

  KEYWORDS: Moderately Stiff Problems, Runge-Kutta, Stepsize, Jacobian, Stability Region

  JOURNAL NAME: Applied Mathematics, Vol.2 No.6, June 21, 2011

  ABSTRACT: We present an algorithm for determining the stepsize in an explicit Runge-Kutta method that is suitable when solving moderately stiff differential equations. The algorithm has a geometric character, and is based on a pair of semicircles that enclose the boundary of the stability region in the left half of the complex plane. The algorithm includes an error control device. We describe a vectorized form of the algorithm, and present a corresponding MATLAB code. Numerical examples for Runge-Kutta methods of third and fourth order demonstrate the properties and capabilities of the algorithm.