Numerical solution of singular two point BVPs

Journal of Numerical Analysis, Industrial and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 129-149

  Cash, Jeff ^a   Kitzhofer, Georg ^b   Koch, Othmar ^b   Moore, Gerald ^a   Weinmüller, Ewa ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Gaussianpoints; Lobatto points; Performance comparisons; Polynomial collocation; Singular boundary value problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650661193     PISSN: 17908140     EISSN: 17908159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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