The least squares collocation method for the biharmonic equation in irregular and multiply-connected domains

Abstract

Abstract This paper reports new h-and p-versions of the least squares collocation method of high-order accuracy proposed and implemented for solving boundary value problems for the biharmonic equation in irregular and multiply-connected domains. This paper shows that approximate solutions obtained by the least squares collocation method converge with high order and agree with analytical solutions of test problems with high degree of accuracy. There has been a comparison made for the results achieved in this study and results of other authors who used finite difference and spectral methods.