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Boundary Value Problems on Semi-Infinite Intervals and Their Numerical Solution

Marianela Lentini, +1 more
- 01 Aug 1980 - 
- Vol. 17, Iss: 4, pp 577-604
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In this paper, the problem of determining appropriate ABCs to use at a finite point was studied for both linear and non-linear boundary value problems, and a theory for doing this correctly was devised, which consists in determining appropriate asymptotic boundary conditions.
Abstract
To solve boundary value problems posed on semi-infinite intervals the problem is frequently replaced by one on a finite interval. We devise a theory for doing this correctly for both linear and nonlinear problems. In brief the method consists in determining appropriate asymptotic boundary conditions (ABC) to use at a finite point. In the linear case these are “projections” into the subspace of bounded solutions. In the nonlinear case, nonlinear boundary conditions result. They involve possibly unknown projections for the problem linearized about the solution at infinity. A linear eigenvalue problem for the Schrodinger equation and a nonlinear elasticity problem are solved to show the power of the new methods.

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