The projection Galerkin method for solving the time-independent differential diffusion equation in a semi-infinite domain

Abstract

Using the diffusion equation as an example, results of applying the projection Galerkin method for solving time-independent heat and mass transfer equations in a semi-infinite domain are presented. The convergence of the residual corresponding to the approximate solution of the timeindependent diffusion equation obtained by the projection method using the modified Laguerre functions is proved. Computational results for a two-dimensional toy problem are presented.