International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Volume 18 (1995), Issue 1, Pages 89-96
doi:10.1155/S0161171295000123
Computable error bounds for collocation methods
Department of Mathematics, Ash-Sharq University, Khartoum, Sudan
Received 12 August 1992; Revised 27 February 1994
Copyright © 1995 A. H. Ahmed. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
This paper deals with error bounds for numerical solutions of linear ordinary
differential equations by global or piecewise polynomial collocation methods which are based on
consideration of the involved differential operator, related matrices and the residual. It is shown
that significant improvement may be obtained if direct bounds for the error in the solution are
considered. The practical implementation of the theory is illustrated by a selection of numerical
examples.