Runge-Kutta method

[ roong-uh-koot-ah ]

noun

, Mathematics.

1. a numerical method, involving successive approximations, used to solve differential equations.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Runge-Kutta method¹

1925–30; named after Carl D. T. Runge (1856–1927) and W. Kutta (1867–1944), German mathematicians