The ``phase function'' method to solve second-order asymptotically polynomial differential equations (Q443850)

This paper uses Liouville-Green asymptotic theory to compute the zeros of the solutions, via an asymptotic numerical approximation to a phase function, and the solutions themselves of the problem \(y''+ q(x)y= 0\). Here, \(q(x)\) is asymptotically polynomial. Examples of this approach are given for various simple polynomial and rational forms of \(q(x)\).