2004-76.md

course	course_year	question_number	tags	title	year
Numerical Analysis	II	76	II 2004 Numerical Analysis	A1.20 B1.20	2004

(i) Define the Backward Difference Formula (BDF) method for ordinary differential equations and derive its two-step version.

(ii) Prove that the interval $(-\infty, 0)$ belongs to the linear stability domain of the twostep BDF method.