A rational approximation and its applications to nonlinear partial differential equations on the whole line

Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications

Volumn 274, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 374-403

  Zhong Qing, Wang ^a   Ben Yu, Guo ^b  

^a Institute of Applied Physics   (China)

^b SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Differential equation on the whole line; Pseudospectral method; Rational approximation; Spectral method

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036815013     PISSN: 0022247X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-247X(02)00334-7     Document Type: Article

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