On exact solutions to partial differential equations by the modified homotopy perturbation method

Based on the modified homotopy perturbation method (MHPM), exact solutions of certain partial differential equations are constructed by separation of variables and choosing the finite terms of a series in p as exact solutions. Under suitable initial conditions, the PDE is transformed into an ODE. Some illustrative examples reveal the effciency of the proposed method.     

The homotopy analysis method for explicit analytical solutions of Jaulent–Miodek equations

In this work, the homotopy analysis method (HAM) is applied to obtain the explicit analytical solutions for system of the Jaulent–Miodek equations. The validity of the method is verified by comparing the approximation series solutions with the exact solutions. Unlike perturbation methods, the HAM does not depend on any small physical parameters at all. Thus, it is valid for both weakly and strongly nonlinear problems. Besides, different from all other analytic techniques, the HAM provides us a simple way to adjust and control the convergence region of the series solution by means of an auxiliary parameter ?. Briefly speaking, this work verifies the validity and the potential of the HAM for the study of nonlinear systems. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq, 2009     

Solving nonlinear fractional partial differential equations using the homotopy analysis method

In this article, the homotopy analysis method is applied to solve nonlinear fractional partial differential equations. On the basis of the homotopy analysis method, a scheme is developed to obtain the approximate solution of the fractional KdV, K(2,2), Burgers, BBM‐Burgers, cubic Boussinesq, coupled KdV, and Boussinesq‐like B(m,n) equations with initial conditions, which are introduced by replacing some integer‐order time derivatives by fractional derivatives. The homotopy analysis method for partial differential equations of integer‐order is directly extended to derive explicit and numerical solutions of the fractional partial differential equations. The solutions of the studied models are calculated in the form of convergent series with easily computable components. The results of applying this procedure to the studied cases show the high accuracy and efficiency of the new technique. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq, 2010     

Solution of nonlinear fractional differential equations using homotopy analysis method

In this article, the homotopy analysis method has been applied to solve nonlinear differential equations of fractional order. The validity of this method has successfully been accomplished by applying it to find the solution of two nonlinear fractional equations. The results obtained by homotopy analysis method have been compared with those exact solutions. The results show that the solution of homotopy analysis method is good agreement with the exact solution.     

Comparison between homotopy analysis method and optimal homotopy asymptotic method for nth‐order integro‐differential equation

This paper presents general framework for solving the nth‐order integro‐differential equation using homotopy analysis method (HAM) and optimal homotopy asymptotic method (OHAM). OHAM is parameter free and can provide better accuracy over the HAM at the same order of approximation. Furthermore, in OHAM the convergence region can be easily adjusted and controlled. Comparison, via two examples, between our solution using HAM and OHAM and the exact solution shows that the HAM and the OHAM are effective and accurate in solving the nth‐order integro‐differential equation. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A new technique of using homotopy analysis method for solving high‐order nonlinear differential equations

In this paper, a new technique of homotopy analysis method (HAM) is proposed for solving high‐order nonlinear initial value problems. This method improves the convergence of the series solution, eliminates the unneeded terms and reduces time consuming in the standard homotopy analysis method (HAM) by transform the nth‐order nonlinear differential equation to a system of n first‐order equations. Second‐ and third‐ order problems are solved as illustration examples of the proposed method. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Some solutions of the linear and nonlinear Klein-Gordon equations using the optimal homotopy asymptotic method

We investigate the effectiveness of the Optimal Homotopy Asymptotic Method (OHAM) in solving time dependent partial differential equations. To this effect we consider the homogeneous, non-homogeneous, linear and nonlinear Klein-Gordon equations with boundary conditions. The results reveal that the method is explicit, effective, and easy to use.     

Asymptotic properties of solutions to two discrete airy equations

We construct two finite difference models for the Airy differential equation. In one model, the form of the complete asymptotic representation of the solution can be found. However, this is not the case for the second model which is based on the use of a nonstandard difference scheme. This scheme leads to a second-order, linear difference equation that is not of a form for which the theorems of Poincaré and Perron can be directly applied to obtain the asymptotic behavior of the solutions.     

Comparison between variational iteration method and homotopy perturbation method for linear and nonlinear partial differential equations with the nonhomogeneous initial conditions

In this study, linear and nonlinear partial differential equations with the nonhomogeneous initial conditions are considered. We used Variational iteration method (VIM) and Homotopy perturbation method (HPM) for solving these equations. Both methods are used to obtain analytic solutions for different types of differential equations. Four examples are presented to show the application of the present techniques. In these schemes, the solution takes the form of a convergent series with easily computable components. The present methods perform extremely well in terms of efficiency and simplicity. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 2010     

Error analysis of approximate solutions of non-linear Burgers’ equation

This paper deals with application of the maximum principle for differential equations to the finite difference method for determining upper and lower approximate solutions of the non-linear Burgers’ equation and their error range. In term of mathematical architecture, the paper is based on the maximum principle for parabolic differential equations to establish monotonic residual relations of the Burgers’ equation; and in terms of numerical method, it applies the finite difference method to discretize the equation, followed by use of the proposed Residual Correction Method for obtaining its optimal solutions under constraint conditions for inequalities. Derived by using this approach, the upper and lower transient approximate solutions are not just useful in analyzing the range of the maximum possible error between them and the analytic solutions correctly, and the numerical validations also indicate good accuracy in mean values of the upper and lower approximate solutions.     

Solution of Davey-Stewartson equations by homotopy perturbation method

In this paper, we extend the homotopy perturbation method to solve the Davey-Stewartson equations. The homotopy perturbation method is employed to compute an approximation to the solution of the equations. Computation the absolute errors between the exact solutions of the Davey-Stewartson equations and the HPM solutions are presented. Some plots are given to show the simplicity the method. The article is published in the original.     

Exact solutions for nonlinear Burgers' equation by homotopy perturbation method

The aim of this article is to construct a new efficient recurrent relation to solve nonlinear Burgers' equation. The homotopy perturbation method is used to solve this equation. Because Burgers' equation arises in many applications, it is worth trying new solution methods. Comparison of the results with those of Adomian's decomposition method leads to significant consequences. Four standard problems are used to illustrate the method. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq, 2009     

A linearized compact difference scheme for a class of nonlinear delay partial differential equations

A linearized compact difference scheme is presented for a class of nonlinear delay partial differential equations with initial and Dirichlet boundary conditions. The unique solvability, unconditional convergence and stability of the scheme are proved. The convergence order is O(τ²+h⁴)$O({\tau }^2+h^4)$ in _L∞$L_{\infty }$ norm. Finally, a numerical example is given to support the theoretical results.     

Homotopy analysis method to obtain numerical solutions of the Painlevé equations

In this paper, the homotopy analysis method (HAM) is presented to obtain the numerical solutions for the two kinds of the Painlevé equations with a number of initial conditions. Then, a numerical evaluation and comparison with the results obtained via the HAM are included. It illustrates the validity and the great potential of the HAM in solving Painlevé equations. Although the HAM contains the auxiliary parameter, the convergence region of the series solution can be controlled in a simple way. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Explicit analytical solutions of the generalized Burger and Burger–Fisher equations by homotopy perturbation method

In this article, we apply the homotopy perturbation method (HPM) to obtain approximate analytical solutions of the generalized Burger and Burger‐Fisher (B–F) equations. Several numerical examples are given to illustrate the efficiency of the HPM. Comparison of the result obtained by the present method with exact solution reveals that the accuracy and fast convergence of the new method. It is predicted that the HPM can be found wide application in engineering problems. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq, 2009     

Exact solutions for nonlinear partial differential equations via Exp‐function method

In this article, the Exp‐function method is applied to nonlinear Burgers equation and special fifth‐order partial differential equation. Using this method, we obtain exact solutions for these equations. The method is straightforward and concise, and its applications are promising. This method can be used as an alternative to obtain analytical and approximate solutions of different types of nonlinear differential equations. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 2010     

A reliable algorithm of homotopy analysis method for solving nonlinear fractional differential equations

In this paper, based on the homotopy analysis method (HAM), a powerful algorithm is developed for the solution of nonlinear ordinary differential equations of fractional order. The proposed algorithm presents the procedure of constructing the set of base functions and gives the high-order deformation equation in a simple form. Different from all other analytic methods, it provides us with a simple way to adjust and control the convergence region of solution series by introducing an auxiliary parameter ?$?$. The analysis is accompanied by numerical examples. The algorithm described in this paper is expected to be further employed to solve similar nonlinear problems in fractional calculus.     

A numerical assessment of parabolic partial differential equations using Haar and Legendre wavelets

In this paper we present two new numerically stable methods based on Haar and Legendre wavelets for one- and two-dimensional parabolic partial differential equations (PPDEs). This work is the extension of the earlier work ,  and  from one- and two-dimensional boundary-value problems to one- and two- dimensional PPDEs. Two generic numerical algorithms are derived in two phases. In the first stage a numerical algorithm is derived by using Haar wavelets and then in the second stage Haar wavelets are replaced by Legendre wavelets in quest for better accuracy. In the proposed methods the time derivative is approximated by first order forward difference operator and space derivatives are approximated using Haar (Legendre) wavelets. Improved accuracy is obtained in the form of wavelets decomposition. The solution in this process is first obtained on a coarse grid and then refined towards higher accuracy in the high resolution space. Accuracy wise performance of the Legendre wavelets collocation method (LWCM) is better than the Haar wavelets collocation method (HWCM) for problems having smooth initial data or having no shock phenomena in the solution space. If sharp transitions exists in the solution space or if there is a discontinuity between initial and boundary conditions, LWCM loses its accuracy in such cases, whereas HWCM produces a stable solution in such cases as well. Contrary to the existing methods, the accuracy of both HWCM and LWCM do not degrade in case of Neumann’s boundary conditions. A distinctive feature of the proposed methods is its simple applicability for a variety of boundary conditions. Performances of both HWCM and LWCM are compared with the most recent methods reported in the literature. Numerical tests affirm better accuracy of the proposed methods for a range of benchmark problems.