New spectral-Galerkin algorithms for direct solution of high even-order differential equations using symmetric generalized Jacobi polynomials (Q379975)

Starting from the classical Jacobi polynomials, generalized Jacobi polynomials are introduced in a way that they satisfy some selected properties that are highly relevant to spectral approximations of differential equations. These symmetric generalized Jacobi polynomials are subsequently used in combination with Galerkin methods to solve numerically linear ordinary differential equations of \(2n\)-th order, with \(n\) large, and homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions. The resulting schemes turn out to be quite efficient and more accurate than other methods in the literature, as exhibited by numerical examples. A generalization to non-homogeneous boundary conditions is also considered.