Solving systems of fractional differential equations using differential transform method

  • Authors:
  • Vedat Suat Ertürk;Shaher Momani

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Ondokuz Mayıs University, 55139 Samsun, Turkey;Department of Mathematics and Physics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, Qatar

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

This paper presents approximate analytical solutions for systems of fractional differential equations using the differential transform method. The fractional derivatives are described in the Caputo sense. The application of differential transform method, developed for differential equations of integer order, is extended to derive approximate analytical solutions of systems of fractional differential equations. The solutions of our model equations are calculated in the form of convergent series with easily computable components. Some examples are solved as illustrations, using symbolic computation. The numerical results show that the approach is easy to implement and accurate when applied to systems of fractional differential equations. The method introduces a promising tool for solving many linear and nonlinear fractional differential equations.