Module 7: Multistep Methods
  Lecture 23: Multistep Methods for Special Equations of the Second Order
 

 

This results in the identity

(7.37)

which forms the basis of many integration formulas. Replacing by the interpolating polynomial of degree q, using the points , we can obtain a number of special methods according to our choice of x, and K. Some of them are listed in the following table:

Method

x

x + K

Stormer

Cowell

Special method

Special method