A conditionally P-stable fourth-order exponential-fitting method for y″=f(x,y)

Families of two-step fourth order P-stable methods for second order differential equations

This paper deals with a class of symmetric (hybrid) two-step fourth order P-stable methods for the numerical solution of special second order initial value problems. Such methods were proposed independently by Cash [1] and Chawla [3] and normally require three function evaluations per step. The purpose of this paper is to point out that there are some values of the (free) parameters available i...

A Derivative-free Fourth Order Exponential Method for Linear Evolution Equations

A new optimal method of fourth-order convergence for solving nonlinear equations

In this paper, we present a fourth order method for computing simple roots of nonlinear equations by using suitable Taylor and weight function approximation. The method is based on Weerakoon-Fernando method [S. Weerakoon, G.I. Fernando, A variant of Newton's method with third-order convergence, Appl. Math. Lett. 17 (2000) 87-93]. The method is optimal, as it needs three evaluations per iterate,...

Fourth Order Conservative Exponential Methods for Linear Evolution Equations

A few numerical methods for linear evolution equations are developed and analyzed in this paper. These fourth order methods allow large step sizes for highly oscillatory equations when the evolution operators vary slowly in time. The methods are also conservative for equations such as the Schrr odinger equation, where the evolution operator is skew-selfadjoint.

A Semilinear Fourth Order Elliptic Problem with Exponential Nonlinearity

We study a semilinear fourth order elliptic problem with exponential nonlinearity. Motivated by a question raised in [Li], we partially extend known results for the corresponding second order problem. Several new difficulties arise and many problems still remain to be solved. We list the ones we feel particularly interesting in the final section. Mathematics Subject Classification: 35J65; 35J40.