In this paper sixth order boundary value problems is solved numerically by collocation method. The solution is approximated as a linear combination of septic B-spline functions. The septic B-splines constitute a basis for the space of septic polynomial splines. In the method, the basis functions are redefined into a new set of basis functions which in number match with the number of selected co...

We study the computation of the orthogonal spline collocation solution of a linear Dirichlet boundary value problem with a nonselfadjoint or an indefinite operator of the form Lu = ∑ aij(x)uxixj + ∑ bi(x)uxi + c(x)u. We apply a preconditioned conjugate gradient method to the normal system of collocation equations with a preconditioner associated with a separable operator, and prove that the res...

We present an accurate, efficient numerical analysis for vector modes of dielectric optical waveguide structures with an arbitrary refractive index profile using a quadratic spline collocation method (QSCM). The unknown weights of the polynomials are determined by forcing the errors at the collocation points to be zero. Consequently, the original second order differential equation is converted ...

This paper is devoted to the numerical comparison of methods applied to solve problems with nonlocal boundary conditions. Four numerical methods are compared, namely, finite differences method, Galerkin method, Keller Box scheme and orthogonal spline collocation method. Mathematics Subject Classification: 74S05, 74S20, 74S30, 74H15