Spectral analysis of matrices in Galerkin methods based on generalized B-splines with high smoothness (Q504172)

The authors develop a first step towards a spectral analysis of matrices ocurring in IgA Galerkin methods based on hyperbolic and trigonometric GB-splines. Quoting from the abstract: ``Second-order differential problems with constant coefficients are considered and discretized by means of sequences of both nested and non-nested spline spaces.'' It is shown ``that there always exists an asymptotic eigenvalue distribution which can be compactly described by a symbol, just like in the polynomial case. There is a complete similarity between the symbol expressions in the hyperbolic, trigonometric and polynomial cases. This results in similar spectral features of the corresponding matrices.'' Moreover, the authors ``analyze the IgA discretization based on trigonometric GB-splines for the eigenvalue problem related to the univariate Laplace operator.'' It is shown that, for non-nested spaces, the phase parameter can be exploited to improve the spectral approximation with respect to the polynomial case. As part of the analysis, several Fourier properties of cardinal GB-splines are derived.