A Chebyshev Series Approximation for Linear SecondOrder Partial Differential Equations with Complicated Conditions

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to present a new collocation method for the solution of second-order, linear partial differential equations (PDEs) under the most general conditions. The method has improved from Chebyshev matrix method, which has been given for solving of ordinary differential, integral and integro-differential equations. The method is based on the approximation by the truncated bivariate Chebyshev series. PDEs and conditions are transformed into the matrix equations, which corresponds to a system of linear algebraic equations with the unknown Chebyshev coefficients, via Chebyshev collocation points. Combining these matrix equations and then solving the system yields the Chebyshev coefficients of the solution function. Finally, the effectiveness of the method is illustrated in several numerical experiments and error analysis is performed.