Written for undergraduate students with a mathematical background, this book is a self-contained introduction to a fundamental field of numerical analysis and scientific computation. It features numerous theoretical and computational examples.

Numerical Methods for Ordinary Differential Equations is a self-contained introduction to a fundamental field of numerical analysis and scientific computation. Written for undergraduate students with a mathematical background, this book focuses on the analysis of numerical methods without losing sight of the practical nature of the subject.

It covers the topics traditionally treated in a first course, but also highlights new and emerging themes. Chapters are broken down into `lecture' sized pieces, motivated and illustrated by numerous theoretical and computational examples.

Over 200 exercises are provided and these are starred according to their degree of difficulty. Solutions to all exercises are available to authorized instructors.

The book covers key foundation topics:

o Taylor series methods

o Runge--Kutta methods

o Linear multistep methods

o Convergence

o Stability

and a range of modern themes:

o Adaptive stepsize selection

o Long term dynamics

o Modified equations

o Geometric integration

o Stochastic differential equations

The prerequisite of a basic university-level calculus class is assumed, although appropriate background results are also summarized in appendices. A dedicated website for the book containing extra information can be found via www.springer.com

Focuses on the analysis of numerical methods without losing sight of the practical nature of the subject Covers topics traditionally treated in a first course, but also highlights new and emerging themes Chapters are broken down into `lecture' sized pieces, motivated and illustrated by numerous theoretical and computational examples Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras Request lecturer material: sn.pub/lecturer-material

Inhalt
ODEsAn Introduction.- Euler's Method.- The Taylor Series Method.- Linear Multistep MethodsI: Construction and Consistency.- Linear Multistep MethodsII: Convergence and Zero-Stability.- Linear Multistep MethodsIII: Absolute Stability.- Linear Multistep MethodsIV: Systems of ODEs.- Linear Multistep MethodsV: Solving Implicit Methods.- RungeKutta MethodI: Order Conditions.- Runge-Kutta MethodsII Absolute Stability.- Adaptive Step Size Selection.- Long-Term Dynamics.- Modified Equations.- Geometric Integration Part IInvariants.- Geometric Integration Part IIHamiltonian Dynamics.- Stochastic Differential Equations.