Asymptotic coefficients and errors for Chebyshev polynomial approximations with weak endpoint singularities: effects of different bases

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Abstract: When solving differential equations by a spectral method, it is often convenient to shift from Chebyshev polynomials Tn(x) with coefficients an to modified basis functions that incorporate the boundary conditions. For homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions, u(pm1)=0, popular choices include the ``Chebyshev difference basis", varsigman(x)equivTn+2(x)Tn(x) with coefficients here denoted bn and the ``quadratic-factor basis functions" varrhon(x)equiv(1x2)Tn(x) with coefficients cn. If u(x) is weakly singular at the boundaries, then an will decrease proportionally to mathcalO(A(n)/nkappa) for some positive constant kappa, where the A(n) is a logarithm or a constant. We prove that the Chebyshev difference coefficients bn decrease more slowly by a factor of 1/n while the quadratic-factor coefficients cn decrease more slowly still as mathcalO(A(n)/nkappa2). The error for the unconstrained Chebyshev series, truncated at degree n=N, is mathcalO(|A(N)|/Nkappa) in the interior, but is worse by one power of N in narrow boundary layers near each of the endpoints. Despite having nearly identical error emph{norms}, the error in the Chebyshev basis is concentrated in boundary layers near both endpoints, whereas the error in the quadratic-factor and difference basis sets is nearly uniform oscillations over the entire interval in x. Meanwhile, for Chebyshev polynomials and the quadratic-factor basis, the value of the derivatives at the endpoints is mathcalO(N2), but only mathcalO(N) for the difference basis.



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