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Spectral methods with interface point are presented to deal with some singularly perturbed third order boundary value problems of reaction-diffusion and convection-diffusion types. First, linear equations are considered and then non-linear equations. To solve non-linear equations, Newton’s method of quasi-linearization is applied. The problem is reduced to two systems of ordinary differential equations. And, then, each system is solved using spectral collocation methods. Our numerical experiments show that the proposed methods are produce highly accurate solutions in little computer time when compared with the other methods available in the literature.
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Temsah, R.S. Spectral methods for some singularly perturbed third order ordinary differential equations. Numer Algor 47, 63–80 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11075-007-9147-6
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