We study statistics of first passage inside a cone in arbitrary spatial dimension. The probability that a diffusing particle avoids the cone boundary decays algebraically with time. The decay exponent depends on two variables: the opening angle of the cone and the spatial dimension. In four dimensions, we find an explicit expression for the exponent, and in general, we obtain it as a root of a ...

A new set of modified Legendre rational functions which are mutually orthogonal in L2(0,+∞) is introduced. Various projection and interpolation results using the modified Legendre rational functions are established. These results form the mathematical foundation of related spectral and pseudospectral methods for solving partial differential equations on the half line. A spectral scheme using th...

Abstract. Let p > 3 be a prime, and let m be an integer with p ∤ m. In the paper we solve some conjectures of Z.W. Sun concerning Pp−1 k=0 2k k 3 /mk (mod p2), Pp−1 k=0 2k k 4k 2k /mk (mod p) and Pp−1 k=0 2k k 2 4k 2k /mk (mod p2). In particular, we show that P p−1 2 k=0 2k k 3 ≡ 0 (mod p2) for p ≡ 3, 5, 6 (mod 7). Let {Pn(x)} be the Legendre polynomials. In the paper we also show that P[ p 4 ]...

In this manuscript a new method is introduced for solving fractional differential equations. The fractional derivative is described in the Caputo sense. The main idea is to use fractional-order Legendre wavelets and operational matrix of fractional-order integration. First the fractional-order Legendre wavelets (FLWs) are presented. Then a family of piecewise functions is proposed, based on whi...

We analyze the asymptotic rates of convergence of Chebyshev, Legendre and Jacobi polynomials. One complication is that there are many reasonable measures of optimality as enumerated here. Another is that there are at least three exceptions to the general principle that Chebyshev polynomials give the fastest rate of convergence from the larger family of Jacobi polynomials. When f (x) is singular...

in this paper, an effective and simple numerical method is proposed for solving systems of integral equations using radial basis functions (rbfs). we present an algorithm based on interpolation by radial basis functions including multiquadratics (mqs), using legendre-gauss-lobatto nodes and weights. also a theorem is proved for convergence of the algorithm. some numerical examples are presented...

In this paper, an effective technique is proposed to determine thenumerical solution of nonlinear Volterra-Fredholm integralequations (VFIEs) which is based on interpolation by the hybrid ofradial basis functions (RBFs) including both inverse multiquadrics(IMQs), hyperbolic secant (Sechs) and strictly positive definitefunctions. Zeros of the shifted Legendre polynomial are used asthe collocatio...

In this paper‎, ‎we decide to select the best center nodes‎ ‎of radial basis functions by applying the Multiple Criteria Decision‎ ‎Making (MCDM) techniques‎. ‎Two methods based on radial basis‎ ‎functions to approximate the solution of partial differential‎ ‎equation by using collocation method are applied‎. ‎The first is based‎ ‎on the Kansa's approach‎, ‎and the second is based on the Hermit...