The numerical solution of fifth-order boundary value problems with sixth-degree B-spline functions

The numerical solution of fifth-order, nonlinear boundary-value problems with two-point boundary conditions is considered. A sixth-degree B-spline approximation is used to construct the numerical method, the coefficients of which are detailed in a table. The method is tested on two problems, one linear and one nonlinear. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.