Type I operators and the approximation of singular two-point boundary value problems

  • Mohamed A. El-Gebeily*
  • , Donal O'Regan
  • , Salim Messauodi
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A class of self adjoint operators associated with second order singular ordinary differential expressions, arises naturally when the problem is weakly formulated and integration by parts is performed. We call this class Type I operators. It turns out that this class can be successfully used to tackle numerical approximations of singular two-point boundary value problems. They can also be approximated by regular differential operators in a straightforward manner without having to bring the delicate structure of singular differential operators to the forefront of the investigation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3433-3438
Number of pages6
JournalApplied Mathematics and Computation
Volume216
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Aug 2010

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The first author would like to acknowledge the support of King Fahd University under research Grant No. in090029 .

Keywords

  • Galerkin method
  • Self adjoint operators
  • Singular differential equations
  • Variational equations

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computational Mathematics
  • Applied Mathematics

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