Numerical methods and asymptotic error expansions for the Emden-Fowler equations

Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 245-266

  Lima, Pedro M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Asymptotic error expansion; Boundary value problem; Extrapolation method; Finite difference method

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FUNCTIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ASYMPTOTIC ERROR EXPANSIONS; DISCRETIZATION ERROR; EMDEN-FOWLER EQUATIONS; EXTRAPOLATION ALGORITHM;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 0030170369     PISSN: 03770427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-0427(95)00203-0     Document Type: Article

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