Runge-Kutta method

noun

Any of an important family of implicit and explicit iterative methods for the approximation of solutions of ordinary differential equations.

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Meanings

nounRunge-Kutta method (plural Runge-Kutta methods)

plural Runge-Kutta methods

  1. numerical analysismathematicsAny of an important family of implicit and explicit iterative methods for the approximation of solutions of ordinary differential equations.

Origin

Developed around 1900 by the German mathematicians C. Runge and M. W. Kutta.

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