@TechReport{ it:2018-012, author = {Sven-Erik Ekstr{\"o}m and Stefano Serra-Capizzano}, title = {Eigenvalue Isogeometric Approximations Based on {B}-splines: Tools and Results}, institution = {Department of Information Technology, Uppsala University}, department = {Division of Scientific Computing}, year = {2018}, number = {2018-012}, month = jul, abstract = {In such a short note we consider the spectral analysis of large matrices coming from the numerical approximation of the eigenvalue problem \[ -(a(x)u'(x))'=\lambda b(x) u(x),\quad\quad x\in (0,1), \] where $u(0)$ and $u(1)$ are given, by using isogeometric methods based on B-splines. We give precise estimates for the extremal eigenvalues and global distributional results. The techniques involve dyadic decomposition arguments, the GLT analysis, and basic extrapolation methods.} }