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Implementation of a spline collocation method for solving boundary value problems for mixed order systems of ordinary differential equations is discussed. The aspects of this method considered include error estimation, adaptive mesh selection, B-spline basis function evaluation, linear system solution and nonlinear problem solution. The resulting general purpose code, COLSYS, is tested on a number of examples to demonstrate its stability, efficiency and flexibility.

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Summary.The trapezoidal rule with deferred corrections using uncentered end formulas is shown to converge. While the proof technique is more specialized than the standard asymptotic expansion approach, it has some advantages. In addition to providing a more complete theoretical justification for current implementations of deferred corrections with the trapezoidal rule, the approach given here will hopefully apply for several other discretization methods.

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