Bounds for Initial Value Problems
- 1 December 1973
- journal article
- Published by ASME International in Journal of Applied Mechanics
- Vol. 40 (4) , 1097-1102
- https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3423132
Abstract
A new method has been developed for finding rigorous upper and lower bounds to the solution of a wide class of initial value problems. The method is applicable to initial value problems of the following type: x(¨t)+f(t,x,x)˙=0,x(0)=X0,x(˙0)=V0, where f is continuous with continuous first derivatives, Lipschitzian, and ∂f/∂x ≥ 0. An original bounding theorem has been formulated and proven and a numerical technique has been developed for finding the bounding functions in analytic form as linear combinations of Tchebyshev polynomials. The method has been applied to several problems of engineering interest.Keywords
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