Volume 37, pp. 386-412, 2010.

A spectral method for the eigenvalue problem for elliptic equations

Kendall Atkinson and Olaf Hansen

Abstract

Let $\mathrm{\Omega }$ be an open, simply connected, and bounded region in ${\mathbf{R}}^d$, $d\ge 2$, and assume its boundary $\partial \mathrm{\Omega }$ is smooth. Consider solving the eigenvalue problem $Lu=\lambda u$ for an elliptic partial differential operator $L$ over $\mathrm{\Omega }$ with zero values for either Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions. We propose, analyze, and illustrate a ‘spectral method’ for solving numerically such an eigenvalue problem. This is an extension of the methods presented earlier by Atkinson, Chien, and Hansen [Adv. Comput. Math, 33 (2010), pp. 169–189, and to appear].

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Key words

elliptic equations, eigenvalue problem, spectral method, multivariable approximation

AMS subject classifications

65M70

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