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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2010 iii Paper 63 4 4 Solution by
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The tableau as printed is not a collocation tableau. Its second stage row is , whose sum is , while the corresponding printed node is . This violates the collocation tableau row-sum identity. The original PDF confirms this coefficient; it is not only a TeX transcription defect.
The required integrated basis at nodes isso direct integration givesThus replacing the last stage coefficient by gives the intended two-stage Radau IIA collocation method. Its quadrature moments areIt integrates quadratics exactly but not cubics, so the collocation order theorem gives order three. Independently, , confirming the remaining third-order Butcher order condition.
For completeness the literal printed Runge-Kutta method has only order one. For the autonomous equation , the Taylor expansion of its stability function beginswhereas . Since , it is consistent, but this discrepancy already rules out order two. Therefore neither the requested equivalence nor the third-order conclusion is true without the stated coefficient repair.
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