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Maximum angles of A\(\varvec{(\vartheta )}\)-stability of backward difference formulae

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The maximum angles \(\vartheta _q\) for which the three-, four-, five- and six-step backward difference formula methods are A(\(\vartheta _q\))-stable, slight improvements of the well-known angles, are determined.

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The authors would like to thank the anonymous referees; their suggestions led to an improved presentation of the paper.

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Akrivis, G., Katsoprinakis, E. Maximum angles of A\(\varvec{(\vartheta )}\)-stability of backward difference formulae. Bit Numer Math 60, 93–99 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10543-019-00768-1

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