Spectral Solutions for Fifth-Order Boundary Value Problems Using Generalized Jacobi Operational Matrix of Derivatives

Abstract

The main objective of this paper is to develop new spectral solutions for linear and nonlinear fifth-order boundary value problems. For this aim, a new operational matrix of derivatives of certain nonsymmetric generalized Jacobi polynomials is established. The key idea for obtaining the suggested spectral solutions is to convert the fifth-order linear and nonlinear boundary value problems into systems of linear or nonlinear algebraic equations which can be efficiently solved by suitable solvers. A theoretical error bound is derived and the convergence analysis of the proposed expansion is proved. Numerical tests are presented aiming to ascertain the high efficiency and accuracy of the suggested algorithms.