This paper proves convergence of variations of the unsymmetric kernel-based collocation method introduced by E. Kansa in 1986. Since then, this method has been very successfully used in many applications, though it may theoretically fail in special situations, and though it had no error bound or convergence proof up to now. Thus it is necessary to add assumptions or to make modifications. Our m...

Abstract We consider solitary-wave solutions of the generalized Burger’s-Fisher equation ∂Ψ ∂t + αΨ δ ∂Ψ ∂x − ∂ 2Ψ ∂x2 = βΨ(1 − Ψδ). In this paper, we present a new method for solving of the generalized Burger’s-Fisher equation by using the collocation formula for calculating spectral differentiation matrix for Chebyshev-Gauss-Lobatto point. To reduce round-off error in spectral collocation met...

A number of conservative PDEs, like various wave equations, allow for a multi-symplectic formulation which can be viewed as a generalization of the symplectic structure of Hamiltonian ODEs. We show that Gauss-Legendre collocation in space and time leads to multi-symplectic integrators, i.e., to numerical methods that preserve a symplectic conservation law similar to the conservation of symplect...

The numerical method for solving the nonlinear eigenvalue problem has been developed by using the collocation Element-Free Galerkin Method (EFGM) and its performance has been numerically investigated. The results of computations show that the approximate solution of the nonlinear eigenvalue problem can be obtained stably by using the developed method. Therefore, it can be concluded that the dev...

we present a collocation method to obtain the approximate solutionof troesch's problem which arises in the confinement of a plasmacolumn by radiation pressure and applied physics. by using thechristov rational functions and collocation points, this methodtransforms troesch's problem into a system of nonlinear algebraicequations. the rate of convergence is shown to be exponential. then...

We discuss an a-posteriori error estimate for the numerical solution of boundary value problems for nonlinear systems of ordinary differential equations with a singularity of the first kind. The estimate for the global error of an approximation obtained by collocation with piecewise polynomial functions is based on the defect correction principle. We prove that for collocation methods which are...

In this paper, we analyse the iterated collocation method for Hammerstein equations with smooth and weakly singular kernels. The paper expands the study which began in [14] concerning the superconvergence of the iterated Galerkin method for Hammerstein equations. We obtain in this paper a similar superconvergence result for the iterated collocation method for Hammerstein equations. We also disc...

In some previous works, two of the authors introduced a technique to design high-order numerical methods for one-dimensional balance laws that preserve all their stationary solutions. The basis these is well-balanced reconstruction operator. Moreover, they procedure modify any standard operator, like MUSCL, ENO, CWENO, etc., in order be well-balanced. This strategy involves non-linear problem a...

This paper is concerned with the convergence, global superconvergence, local superconvergence, and stability of collocation methods for u′ t au t bu t . The optimal convergence order and superconvergence order are obtained, and the stability regions for the collocation methods are determined. The conditions that the analytic stability region is contained in the numerical stability region are ob...

Consider a model eigenvalue problem with a piecewise constant coefficient. We split the domain at the discontinuity of the coefficient function and define the multidomain variational formulation for the eigenproblem. The discrete multidomain variational formulations are defined for Legendre–Galerkin and Legendre-collocation methods. The spectral rate of convergence of the approximate eigensolut...