Superconvergence of a Chebyshev spectral collocation method (Q2481384)

A Chebyshev spectral collocation method is derived for approximating the solution of the second-order two point differential boundary value problems in terms of Chebyshev polynomials \[ u_p= \sum^p_1 a_m\psi_m(x),\quad\psi_m(x)= \int^x_{-1} T_{m-1}(t)\,dt,\;m\geq 1. \] Superconvergence of the derivatives \(u_p'\) at zero's of \(T_m(x)\) is proved. The equations considered are {\parindent7mm \begin{itemize}\item[(i)] \(u''= f\), \(-1\leq x\leq 1\), \(u(-1)= 0\), \(u'(1)= 1\), and\item[(ii)] \(u''\pm k^2 u= 0\), \(-1\leq x\leq 1\), \(u(-1)= 0\), \(u'(1)= 1\). \end{itemize}} The error estimates are based on establishing a relation of the method with a Petrov-Galerkin method for approximating solutions of (i), (ii).