| Article ID: | iaor2012933 |
| Volume: | 59 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page Number: | 359 |
| End Page Number: | 372 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2012 |
| Journal: | Numerical Algorithms |
| Authors: | Zhu Shengfeng, Zhu Hancan, Wu Qingbiao, Khan Yasir |
A free boundary value problem is introduced to approximate the original Thomas–Fermi equation. The unknown truncated free boundary is determined iteratively. We transform the free boundary value problem to a nonlinear boundary value problem defined on [0,1]. We present an adaptive algorithm to solve the problem by means of the moving mesh finite element method. Comparison of our numerical results with those obtained by other approaches shows high accuracy of our method.