Runge-Kutta method

[ roo ng-uh-koo t-ah ]
/ ˈrʊŋ əˈkʊt ɑ /

noun Mathematics.

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

Origin of Runge-Kutta method

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