Comparison of approximate symmetry and approximate homotopy symmetry to the Cahn–Hilliard equation

Complete infinite order approximate symmetry and approximate homotopy symmetry classifications of the Cahn–Hilliard equation are performed and the reductions are constructed by an optimal system of one-dimensional subalgebras. Zero order similarity reduced equations are nonlinear ordinary differential equations while higher order similarity solutions can be obtained by solving linear variable coefficient ordinary differential equations. The relationship between two methods for different order are studied and the results show that the approximate homotopy symmetry method is more effective to control the convergence of series solutions than the approximate symmetry one.     

On Complicated Expansions of Solutions to ODES

Polynomial ordinary differential equations are studied by asymptotic methods. The truncated equation associated with a vertex or a nonhorizontal edge of their polygon of the initial equation is assumed to have a solution containing the logarithm of the independent variable. It is shown that, under very weak constraints, this nonpower asymptotic form of solutions to the original equation can be extended to an asymptotic expansion of these solutions. This is an expansion in powers of the independent variable with coefficients being Laurent series in decreasing powers of the logarithm. Such expansions are sometimes called psi-series. Algorithms for such computations are described. Six examples are given. Four of them are concern with Painlevé equations. An unexpected property of these expansions is revealed.     

Analytic approximate solution of three‐dimensional Navier‐Stokes equations of flow between two stretchable disks

The similarity transform for the steady three‐dimensional Navier‐Stokes equations of flow between two stretchable disks gives a system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations which is analytically solved by applying a newly developed method, namely, the homotopy analysis method. The analytic solutions of the system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations are constructed in the series form. The convergence of the obtained series solutions is analyzed. The validity of our solutions is verified by the numerical results. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 2010     

Evaluation of integrals by decomposition

It is shown that in addition to its advantages for nonlinear and/or stochastic differential equations [1,2], the decomposition method may be preferable even for equations, such as linear deterministic ordinary differential equations which are easily solvable by well-known methods in integral form because the evaluations of the integrals is easier. It is also shown that since solutions of differential equations are easily obtained by decomposition, it can be convenient to change a difficult integration problem to an easily solved differential equation and consequently evaluate the integral in an easily computed convergent series.     

An observation on the periodic solutions to nonlinear physical models by means of the auxiliary equation with a sixth-degree nonlinear term

It is a fact that in auxiliary equation methods, the exact solutions of different types of auxiliary equations may produce new types of exact travelling wave solutions to nonlinear equations. In this manner, various auxiliary equations of first-order nonlinear ordinary differential equation with distinct-degree nonlinear terms are examined and, by means of symbolic computation, the new solutions of original auxiliary equation of first-order nonlinear ordinary differential equation with sixth-degree nonlinear term are presented. Consequently, the novel exact solutions of the generalized Klein–Gordon equation and the active-dissipative dispersive media equation are found out for illustration purposes. They are also applicable, where conventional perturbation method fails to provide any solution of the nonlinear problems under study.     

Lie series and nonlinear ordinary differential equations

Lie series are used to calculate both closed form and approximate solutions for elementary nonlinear ordinary differential equations.     

Purely analytic approximate solutions for steady three-dimensional problem of condensation film on inclined rotating disk by homotopy analysis method

The similarity transform for the steady three-dimensional problem of a condensation film on an inclined rotating disk gives a system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations which are analytically solved by applying a newly developed method namely the homotopy analysis method (HAM). The analytic solutions of the system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations are constructed in the series form. The convergence of the obtained series solutions is carefully analyzed. The velocity and temperature profiles are shown and the influence of the Prandtl number on the heat transfer and the Nusselt number is discussed in detail. The validity of our results is verified by numerical results.     

One method for finding exact solutions of nonlinear differential equations

One of old methods for finding exact solutions of nonlinear differential equations is considered. Modifications of the method are discussed. Application of the method is illustrated for finding exact solutions of the Fisher equation and nonlinear ordinary differential equation of the seven order. It is shown that the method is one of the most effective approaches for finding exact solutions of nonlinear differential equations. Merits and demerits of the method are discussed.     

Approximate analytical solutions of a class of boundary layer equations over nonlinear stretching surface

Third order nonlinear ordinary differential equations, subject to appropriate boundary conditions arising in fluid dynamics, are solved using three different methods viz., the Dirichlet series, method of stretching of variables, and asymptotic function method. Similarity transformations are used to convert the governing partial differential equations into nonlinear ordinary differential equations. The numerical results obtained from the above methods for various problems are given in terms of skin friction. Our study revealed that the results obtained from these methods agree well with those of direct numerical simulation of ordinary differential equations. Also, these methods have advantages over pure numerical methods in obtaining derived quantities such as velocity profile accurately for various values of the parameters at a stretch.     

Stability analysis of solutions to nonlinear stiff Volterra functional differential equations in Banach spaces

A series of stability, contractivity and asymptotic stability results of the solutions to nonlinear stiff Volterra functional differential equations (VFDEs) in Banach spaces is obtained, which provides the unified theoretical foundation for the stability analysis of solutions to nonlinear stiff problems in ordinary differential equations(ODEs), delay differential equations(DDEs), integro-differential equations(IDEs) and VFDEs of other type which appear in practice.     

Ermakov–Pinney and Emden–Fowler Equations: New Solutions from Novel Bäcklund Transformations

We study the class of nonlinear ordinary differential equations y″ y = F(z, y²), where F is a smooth function. Various ordinary differential equations with a well-known importance for applications belong to this class of nonlinear ordinary differential equations. Indeed, the Emden–Fowler equation, the Ermakov–Pinney equation, and the generalized Ermakov equations are among them. We construct Bäcklund transformations and auto-Bäcklund transformations: starting from a trivial solution, these last transformations induce the construction of a ladder of new solutions admitted by the given differential equations. Notably, the highly nonlinear structure of this class of nonlinear ordinary differential equations implies that numerical methods are very difficult to apply.     

A Note on Some Sub-Equation Methods and New Types of Exact Travelling Wave Solutions for Two Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations

Sub-equation methods are used for constructing exact travelling wave solutions of nonlinear partial differential equations. The key idea of these methods is to take full advantage of all kinds of special solutions of sub-equation, which is usually a nonlinear ordinary differential equation. We present a function transformation which not only gives us a clear relation among these sub-equation methods, but also can be used to obtain the general solutions of these sub-equations. And then new exact travelling wave solutions of the CKdV-MKdV equation and the CKdV equations as applications of this transformation are obtained, and the approach presented in this paper can be also applied to other nonlinear partial differential equations.      

A unified ansätze for the solution of nonlinear differential equations

The aim of the paper is to propose a generalized ansätze for constructing exact solutions to nonlinear ordinary differential equations. This unified transformation is manipulated to acquire analytical solutions that are general solutions of simpler linear or nonlinear systems of ordinary differential equations that are either integrable or possess special solutions. The method is implemented to obtain several families of traveling wave solutions for a class of nonlinear evolution equations and for higher order wave equations of KdV type (I).     

The numerical solutions of differential transform method and the Laplace transform method for a system of differential equations

The differential transform method is one of the approximate methods which can be easily applied to many linear and nonlinear problems and is capable of reducing the size of computational work. Exact solutions can also be achieved by the known forms of the series solutions. In this paper, we present the definition and operation of the one-dimensional differential transform and investigate the particular exact solutions of system of ordinary differential equations that usually arise in mathematical biology by a one-dimensional differential transform method. The numerical results of the present method are presented and compared with the exact solutions that are calculated by the Laplace transform method.     

Explicit expressions for meromorphic solutions of autonomous nonlinear ordinary differential equations

Meromorphic solutions of autonomous nonlinear ordinary differential equations are studied. An algorithm for constructing meromorphic solutions in explicit form is presented. General expressions for meromorphic solutions (including rational, periodic, elliptic) are found for a wide class of autonomous nonlinear ordinary differential equations.     

Exact Solutions and Integrability of the Duffing – Van der Pol Equation

The force-free Duffing–Van der Pol oscillator is considered. The truncated expansions for finding the solutions are used to look for exact solutions of this nonlinear ordinary differential equation. Conditions on parameter values of the equation are found to have the linearization of the Duffing–Van der Pol equation. The Painlevé test for this equation is used to study the integrability of the model. Exact solutions of this differential equation are found. In the special case the approach is simplified to demonstrate that some well-known methods can be used for finding exact solutions of nonlinear differential equations. The first integral of the Duffing–Van der Pol equation is found and the general solution of the equation is given in the special case for parameters of the equation. We also demonstrate the efficiency of the method for finding the first integral and the general solution for one of nonlinear second-order ordinary differential equations.     

Seven common errors in finding exact solutions of nonlinear differential equations

We analyze the common errors of the recent papers in which the solitary wave solutions of nonlinear differential equations are presented. Seven common errors are formulated and classified. These errors are illustrated by using multiple examples of the common errors from the recent publications. We show that many popular methods in finding the exact solutions are equivalent each other. We demonstrate that some authors look for the solitary wave solutions of nonlinear ordinary differential equations and do not take into account the well - known general solutions of these equations. We illustrate several cases when authors present some functions for describing solutions but do not use arbitrary constants. As this fact takes place the redundant solutions of differential equations are found. A few examples of incorrect solutions by some authors are presented. Several other errors in finding the exact solutions of nonlinear differential equations are also discussed.     

Efficient hybrid method for solving special type of nonlinear partial differential equations

In this article, an efficient hybrid method has been developed for solving some special type of nonlinear partial differential equations. Hybrid method is based on tanh–coth method, quasilinearization technique and Haar wavelet method. Nonlinear partial differential equations have been converted into a nonlinear ordinary differential equation by choosing some suitable variable transformations. Quasilinearization technique is used to linearize the nonlinear ordinary differential equation and then the Haar wavelet method is applied to linearized ordinary differential equation. A tanh–coth method has been used to obtain the exact solutions of nonlinear ordinary differential equations. It is easier to handle nonlinear ordinary differential equations in comparison to nonlinear partial differential equations. A distinct feature of the proposed method is their simple applicability in a variety of two‐ and three‐dimensional nonlinear partial differential equations. Numerical examples show better accuracy of the proposed method as compared with the methods described in past. Error analysis and stability of the proposed method have been discussed.     

Weighted Sobolev spaces with applications to singular nonlinear boundary value problems

Variational methods are used in a weighted Sobolev space to prove the existence of solutions for a certain class of singular nonlinear ordinary differential equations.     

Investigation of a powerful analytical method into natural convection boundary layer flow

The natural convection boundary layer flow modeled by a system of nonlinear differential equations is considered. By means of similarity transformation, the non-linear partial differential equations are reduced to a system of two coupled ordinary differential equations. The series solutions of coupled system of equations are constructed for velocity and temperature using homotopy analysis method (HAM). Convergence of the obtained series solution is discussed. Finally some figures are illustrated to show the accuracy of the applied method and assessment of various prandtl numbers on the temperature and the velocity is undertaken.