Mixed Fourier-Laguerre spectral and pseudospectral methods for exterior problems using generalized Laguerre functions

In this paper, we develop the mixed spectral and pseudospectral methods for two-dimensional exterior problems, by using the scaled generalized Laguerre functions. Some basic results on the mixed Fourier-Laguerre orthogonal approximation and Gauss-type interpolation are established, which play important roles in the related spectral and pseudospectral methods. As an example, we propose the mixed spectral and pseudospectral schemes for a model problem. The convergence of proposed schemes are proved. Numerical results demonstrate the spectral accuracy efficiency of this new approach.