Stability of quadrature rule methods for first kind volterra integral equations

Gladwin 4] proved that Newton-Gregory formulas of order larger than 2 produce unstable algorithms when applied to nonlinear Volterra integral equations of the first kind. It is shown that similar results are true for all interpolatory quadrature rules using equidistant nodes. Upper bounds for the error order of quadrature rules, which lead to stable methods are given. Some higher order stable methods are indicated.