function z = bxlin(xpts,h,x1,x2) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % function z = bxlin(xpts,h,x1,x2) % This function computes values of % a phi'_i ,phi'_{i+1}) + c phi_i phi_{i+1} % at the points xpts, % where phi_i, are phi_{i+1} linear finite element basis functions. % It used by quad in computing matrix entries for the finite element % formulations. % % Input: % xpts is a row or column vector of points % h is the distance between mesh points % x1 and x2 are the endpoints of the interval over which both % basis functions are nonzero. % % Functions required: a, c % Outputs: % z = a(xpts) phi_i'(xpts) phi_{i+1}'(xpts) % + c(xpts) phi_i(xpts) phi_{i+1}(xpts) % % bxlin.m Dianne P. O'Leary January 2005 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% phi1 = (xpts-x1)/h; phi1prime = 1/h; phi2 = -(xpts-x2)/h; phi2prime = -1/h; z = a(xpts)*phi1prime*phi2prime + c(xpts).*phi1.*phi2;