Convergence analysis for a second-order elliptic equation by a collocation method using scattered points (Q2573473)

The authors discuss collocation methods with arbitrarily scattered points as collocation points for solving second-order elliptic boundary value problems. At first, the construction of a new quadrature rule with any scattered points for integrating polynomials is described. Then, the variational collocation method is given. Instead of using an interpolation operator for defining the right-hand side a projection operator is used. It is shown that the variational problem considered has a unique solution. Error estimates in the \(L^2\) and \(H^1\) norms are derived. Finally, numerical examples with different choices of the collocation points are presented.