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Orderh 2 method for a singular two-point boundary value problem

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A method is described based on auniform mesh for the singular two-point boundary value problem:y″+(α/x)y′+f(x, y)=0, 0<x⩽1,y′(0)=0,y(1)=A, and it is shown to be orderh 2 convergent forall α⩾1.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology, Hauz Khas, 110016, New Delhi, India

    M. M. Chawla

  2. Department of Mathematics, University of Strathclyde, Livingstone Tower, 26 Richmond Street, G1 1XH, Glasgow, Scotland

    S. McKee

  3. Oxford University Computing Laboratory, 8-11 Keble Road, OX1 3QD, Oxford, England

    G. Shaw

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Chawla, M.M., McKee, S. & Shaw, G. Orderh 2 method for a singular two-point boundary value problem. BIT 26, 318–326 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01933711

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