Characterization of the Tau Spectrum for Eigenvalue Problems

DOI10.48550/ARXIV.2610.40307MaRDI QIDQ7409103arXivFDO

Authors Keaton J. Burns, Ilaria Fontana, Daniel Lecoanet, Geoffrey M. Vasil

Publication date 29 October 2026

Published in arXiv

Tldr We consider tau approximations of one-dimensional linear differential operators and prove a resolvent-based spectral determinant property for the approximate spectrum. Notably, analysis reveals specific Gegenbauer parameter values yielding better approximation properties corresponding to Legendre polynomials and their derivatives.

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.48550/ARXIV.2610.40307

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Numerical solution of boundary value problems involving ordinary differential equations (65L10) Numerical solution of eigenvalue problems involving ordinary differential equations (65L15) Spectral, collocation and related methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N35)

arXiv classification

math.NA

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