B-spline method for solving Bratu's problem

International Journal of Computer Mathematics

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1885-1891

  Caglar, Hikmet ^a   Caglar, Nazan ^a   Ozer, Mehmet ^a   Valarstos, Antonios ^b   Anagnostopoulos, Antonios N ^b  

^a ISTANBUL KULTUR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

B spline method; Bratu's problem; decomposition method; Laplace method; nonlinear boundary value problem

Indexed keywords

B-SPLINE METHODS; BRATU'S PROBLEM; DECOMPOSITION METHODS; LAPLACE METHODS; NONLINEAR BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS;

INTERPOLATION; NUMERICAL METHODS;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 77954636966     PISSN: 00207160     EISSN: 10290265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207160802545882     Document Type: Article

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