Convergence analysis of runge-kutta methods for a class of retarded differential algebraic systems

This article deals with a class of numerical methods for retarded differential algebraic systems with time-variable delay. The methods can be viewed as a combination of Runge-Kutta methods and Lagrange interpolation. A new convergence concept, called DA-convergence, is introduced. The DA-convergence result for the methods is derived. At the end, a numerical example is given to verify the computational effectiveness and the theoretical result.