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Dahlquist’s classical papers on stability theory

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This text, which is based on the author’s talk in honour of G. Dahlquist at the SciCade05 meeting in Nagoya, describes the two classical papers from 1956 and 1963 of Dahlquist and their enormous impact on the research of decades to come; it also allows the author to present a personal testimony of his never ending admiration for the scientific and personal qualities of this great man.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, C.P. 64, CH-1211, Genève 4, Switzerland

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In memory of Germund Dahlquist (1925–2005).

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Wanner, G. Dahlquist’s classical papers on stability theory . Bit Numer Math 46, 671–683 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10543-006-0072-1

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