Analytic solutions to diffusion equations

  • Authors:
  • M. Paripour;E. Babolian;J. Saeidian

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Mathematics, Islamic Azad University-Hamedan Branch, Hamedan, 6518118413, Iran;Department of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, Tarbiat Moallem University, 599 Taleghani Avenue, Tehran 1561836314, Iran;Department of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, Tarbiat Moallem University, 599 Taleghani Avenue, Tehran 1561836314, Iran

  • Venue:
  • Mathematical and Computer Modelling: An International Journal
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

The homotopy analysis method (HAM) is a promising method for handling functional equations. Recent publications have proved the effectiveness of the HAM in solving a wide variety of problems in different fields. In this work, through successfully applying the HAM for solving diffusion equations, we present examples which illustrate different procedures for controlling the convergence region of the solution series. Moreover, in all worked examples, we use the same auxiliary linear functional L, the same auxiliary function H and the same initial guess v"0, which seems to be a good advantage.