Communications of the
Korean Mathematical Society
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ISSN(Print) 1225-1763 ISSN(Online) 2234-3024

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Commun. Korean Math. Soc. 2017; 32(1): 215-224

Online first article January 11, 2017      Printed January 31, 2017

https://doi.org/10.4134/CKMS.c150245

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The computation of positive solutions for a boundary value problem of the linear beam equation

Jun Ji and Bo Yang

Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw State University

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a method of order two for the computation of positive solutions to a boundary value problem of the linear beam equation. The method is based on the Power method for the eigenvector associated with the dominant eigenvalue and the Crout-like factorization algorithm for the banded system of linear equations. It is extremely fast due to the linear complexity of the linear system solver. Numerical result of a test problem is included.

Keywords: boundary value problem, Crout-like factorization algorithm, linear beam equation, positive eigenvector

MSC numbers: 39A10, 65F05, 65F15