Generalised Weyl theorems and spectral pollution in the Galerkin method

Journal of Spectral Theory

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 329-354

  Boulton, Lyonell ^a   Boussaïd, Nabile ^b   Lewin, Mathieu ^c  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Laboratoire De Mathématiques De Besançon Umr Cnrs 6623 Ufr Sciences Et Techniques   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

Author keywords

Galerkin method; Generalised essential spectrum; Spectral pollution; Weyl's Theorem

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994102116     PISSN: 1664039X     EISSN: 16640403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4171/JST/32     Document Type: Article

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