摘要

In this paper, we propose a new Galerkin spectral element method for one-dimensional fourth-order boundary value problems. We first introduce some quasi-orthogonal approximations in one dimension, and establish a series of results on these approximations, which serve as powerful tools in the spectral element method. By applying these results to the fourth-order boundary value problems, we establish sharp H-2 and L-2 error bounds of the Galerkin spectral element method. The efficient algorithm is implemented in detail. Numerical results demonstrate its high accuracy, and confirm the theoretical analysis well.