The pseudospectral method for solving differential eigenvalue problems (Q1326696)

A pseudospectral method, using earlier ideas of the authors [SIAM J. Numer. Anal. 29, No. 6, 1626-1647 (1992; Zbl 0764.65058)], is presented for the numerical solution of eigenvalue problems for ordinary differential equations with Dirichlet boundary conditions. Numerical results are given which indicate that the method is comparable in accuracy with the spectral tau method but that it does not produce the spurious eigenvalues which are produced by the spectral tau method.