Solution

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Use the stability function . Its denominator vanishes only at , both in the open right half-plane. For ,
This is nonnegative whenever , so throughout the closed left half-plane. The internal stage equations are also solvable there, since . Therefore the method is A-stable.
The inequality is strict in the open left half-plane, while . Moreover as , so the method is not L-stable. These conclusions follow directly from the definitions of A-stability and L-stability, rather than from the order of the method.

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