 Time-symmetric numerical method (source code)

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= Time-symmetric numerical method

A one-step numerical method with step map $\Phi_h$ is time symmetric when $\Phi_{-h}=\Phi_h^{-1}$. Its leading local-error power is odd, so every nontrivial consistent time-symmetric method has even order.

= Symmetric numerical method
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