John C. Butcher

For other people named John Butcher, see John Butcher (disambiguation).

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John Charles Butcher ONZM (born 31 March 1933) is a New Zealand mathematician who specialises in numerical methods for the solution of ordinary differential equations.[1]

Butcher works on multistage methods for initial value problems, such as Runge-Kutta and general linear methods. The Butcher group and the Butcher tableau are named after him. More recently, he is investigating a new type of method with stability identical to that of a Runge-Kutta method.

  1. ^ The Royal Society of New Zealand (10 November 2010), 2010 Jones Medal Winner Professor Emeritus John Butcher (media release), archived from the original on 12 February 2013, retrieved 22 March 2012.