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ScienceAsia  (): 444-450 |doi: 
						
					10.2306/scienceasia1513-1874...444
  
            
         
          A new cubic B-spline method for approximating the solution of a class of nonlinear second-order boundary value problem with two dependent variables
         
          Feng-Gong Lang*, Xiao-Ping Xu
            
            ABSTRACT:     In this paper, we will apply cubic B-splines on a uniform mesh to explore the numerical solutions and numerical derivatives of a class of nonlinear second-order boundary value problems with two dependent variables. Our new method is based on the cubic spline interpolation. The analytical solutions and any-order derivatives can be well approximated with 4th order accuracy. Furthermore, our new method is also able to solve general nonlinear 4th-order two-point boundary value problems. Numerical results show that our method is very practical and effective. 
          
                    
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              | School of Mathematical Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, Shandong, 266100, China | 
                                                                                                             
                        
                        
                        
            
			            
                        
                        
                       
                      * Corresponding author, E-mail: fenggonglang@sina.com 
          Received 26 May 2013, Accepted 16 Feb 2014            
         
        
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