This paper is concerned with a study of approximation order and construction of locally supported elements for the space S 1 4 (() of C 1 pp (piecewise polynomial) functions on an arbitrary triangulation of a connected polygonal domain in R 2. It is well-known that even when is a three-directional mesh (1) , the order of approximation of S 1 4 (((1)) is only 4, not 5. The objective of this pape...

Let n ≥ 3, v1(x), . . . , vn−1(x) ∈ Z[x] and u ∈ {−1, 1}, then x(x− v1(a)y) · · · (x− vn−1(a)y) + uy = ±1 is called a parametrized familiy of Thue equations, if a ∈ Z and the solutions x, y are searched in Z; cf. Thomas (1993). There are several results concerning parametrized families of cubic and quartic families of Thue equations, see Mignotte et al. (1996) and the references therein. Thomas...

In this paper a new digital audio watermarking algorithm is proposed based on B-spline approximation. The algorithm takes the advantage of non-uniform B-spline wavelet, namely, the number of low-frequency components can be arbitrarily selected, so, it is very flexible. Meanwhile, it avoids the complex calculations of non-uniform B-spline wavelets. The simulation experiments show that this algor...

A diierential equation of the form Dp(x)Du(x) = f(x; u(x)) is solved by collocation, using a class of spline functions of order 3. A restriction of each spline function to any subinterval of the partition is piecewisely in the kernel of the operator DDp(x)D. A coeecient p(x) may be singular. An algorithm is described by means of which a B-spline basis could be eeciently constructed. Some numeri...

in this paper, we use a third degree b-spline function to construct an approximate solution forthird order linear and nonlinear boundary value problems coupled with the least square method. severalexamples are given to illustrate the efficiency of the proposed technique.

The application of collocation methods using spline basis functions to solve differential model equations has been in use for a few decades. However, the application of spline collocation to the solution of the nonlinear, coupled, partial differential equations (in primitive variables) that define the motion of fluids has only recently received much attention. The issues that affect the effecti...