Generalization of Backward Differentiation Formulas for Parallel Computers

We analyze an extension of backward differentiation formulas, used as boundary value methods, that generates a class of methods with nice stability and convergence properties. These methods are obtained starting from the boundary value GBDFs class, and are in the class of EBDF-type methods. We discuss different ways of using these linear multistep formulas in order to have efficient parallel implementations. Numerical experiments show their effectiveness.