Two new finite difference methods for computing eigenvalues of a fourth order linear boundary value problem (Q1098583)

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Two new finite difference methods for computing eigenvalues of a fourth order linear boundary value problem
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    Two new finite difference methods for computing eigenvalues of a fourth order linear boundary value problem (English)
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    The authors present two finite difference schemes of order two resp. four for solving the eigenvalue problem \((py'')''+qy=\lambda ry,\quad y(a)=y''(a)=y(b)=y''(b)=0.\) The schemes are obtained by using the fact that the problem can be splitted in two equations of second order. Numerical examples are given.
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    fourth order differential equation
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    band-matrices
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    positive definite matrices
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    finite difference schemes
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    eigenvalue problem
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    Numerical examples
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