A three-stage explicit Runge-Kutta method for solving the autonomous ordinary differential equation
dtdy=f(y)
is given by
yn+1=yn+h(b1k1+b2k2+b3k3),
where
k1=f(yn)k2=f(yn+ha1k1)k3=f(yn+h(a2k1+a3k2))
and h>0 is the time-step. Derive sufficient conditions on the coefficients b1,b2,b3,a1, a2 and a3 for the method to be of third order.
Assuming that these conditions hold, verify that −25 belongs to the linear stability domain of the method.