Numerical method for boundary value problems on the real line

This paper deals with the global approximation of the solutions of Boundary Value Problems (BVPs) of second order on the real line. We first reduce the BVP to an equivalent Fredholm integral equation of the second kind and then approximate its solution by a Nyström type method based on a suitable product quadrature rule. Such quadrature formula is based on a truncated interpolation process at the Hermite zeros. The stability and the convergence of the method as well as the well conditioning of the involved linear systems are studied in weighted spaces of continuous functions. Numerical tests confirming the theoretical error estimates are shown.