On the convergence of a finite difference method for a class of singular boundary value problems arising in physiology

Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 553-564

  Pandey, R K ^a   Singh, Arvind K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

Author keywords

Chawla's identity; Finite difference method; Physiology applications; Two point singular B.V. problems

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FUNCTIONS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

SINGULAR BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TECHNIQUE;

EID: 1542740086     PISSN: 03770427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cam.2003.09.053     Document Type: Article

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