Radial basis collocation methods for elliptic boundary value problems

Authors:
Hsin-Yun Hu;Zi-Cai Li;Alexander H. -D. Cheng
Affiliations:
Department of Applied Mathematics, National Sun Yat-sen University Kaohsiung, Taiwan 80424;Department of Applied Mathematics and Department of Computer Science and Engineering National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan and National Center for Theoretical Science (South) Mathemat ...;Department of Civil Engineering, University of Mississippi University, MS 38677, U.S.A.
Venue:
Computers & Mathematics with Applications
Year:
2005

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Abstract

This paper introduces radial basis functions (RBF) into the collocation methods and the combined methods for elliptic boundary value problems. First, the Ritz-Galerkin method (RGM) is chosen using the RBF, and the integration approximation leads to the collocation method of RBF for Poisson's equation. Next, the combinations of RBF with finite-element method (FEM), finite-difference method (FDM), etc., can be easily formulated by following Li [1] and Hu and Li [2,3], but more analysis of inverse estimates is explored in this paper. Since the RBFs have the exponential convergence rates, and since the collocation nodes may be scattered in rather arbitrary fashions in various applications, the RBF may be competitive to orthogonal polynomials for smooth solutions. Moreover, for singular solutions, we may use some singular functions and RBFs together. Numerical examples for smooth and singularity problems are provided to display effectiveness of the methods proposed and to support the analysis made.