We study a new method in reducing the roundo error in computing derivatives using Chebyshev collocation methods. By using a grid mapping derived by Koslo and Tal-Ezer, and the proper choice of the parameter , the roundo error of the k-th derivative can be reduced from O(N) to O((N jln j)k), where is the machine precision and N is the number of collocation points. This drastic reduction of round...

Hough functions are the eigenfunctions of the Laplace tidal equation governing fluid motion on a rotating sphere with a resting basic state. Several numerical methods have been used in the past. In this paper, we compare two of those methods: normalized associated Legendre polynomial expansion and Chebyshev collocation. Both methods are not widely used, but both have some advantages over the co...

We extend a collocation method for solving a nonlinear ordinary differential equation ODE via Jacobi polynomials. To date, researchers usually use Chebyshev or Legendre collocation method for solving problems in chemistry, physics, and so forth, see the works of Doha and Bhrawy 2006, Guo 2000, and Guo et al. 2002 . Choosing the optimal polynomial for solving every ODEs problem depends on many f...

We reveal the relationship between a Petrov–Galerkin method and a spectral collocation method at the Chebyshev points of the second kind (±1 and zeros of Uk) for the two-point boundary value problem. Derivative superconvergence points are identified as the Chebyshev points of the first kind (Zeros of Tk). Super-geometric convergent rate is established for a special class of solutions.

In this paper, we propose to replace the Chebyshev series used in pseudospectral methods with the equivalent Chebyshev economized power series that can be evaluated more rapidly. We keep the rest of the implementation the same as the spectral method so that there is no new mathematical principle involved. We show by numerical examples that the new approach works well and there is indeed no sign...

In solving semilinear initial boundary value problems with prescribed non-periodic boundary conditions using implicit-explicit and implicit time stepping schemes, both the function and derivatives of the function may need to be computed accurately at each time step. To determine the best Chebyshev collocation method to do this, the accuracy of the real space Chebyshev differentiation, spectral ...

We introduce a multiple interval Chebyshev-Gauss-Lobatto spectral collocation method for the initial value problems of the nonlinear ordinary differential equations (ODES). This method is easy to implement and possesses the high order accuracy. In addition, it is very stable and suitable for long time calculations. We also obtain the hp-version bound on the numerical error of the multiple inter...

An analysis method based on a multidomain pseudospectral method is proposed for calculating the band diagrams of two-dimensional photonic crystals and is shown to possess excellent numerical convergence behavior and accuracy. The proposed scheme utilizes the multidomain Chebyshev collocation method. By applying Chebyshev-Lagrange interpolating polynomials to the approximation of spatial derivat...