Published June 18, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

On the variational iteration method

Creators

  • 1. Theoretical Research Group, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, 35516 Mansoura (Egypt)

Description

In this Letter, we will consider He's variational iteration method with considering Adomian's polynomials for finding approximate and exact solutions of some nonlinear equations. Two models of interest in mathematical physics are considered and solved by means of variational iteration method. This method is based on the use of Lagrange multipliers for identification of optimal value of a parameter in a functional. This procedure is a powerful tool for solving the large amount of problems. This technique provides a sequence of functions which converges to the exact solution of the problem. Comparisons are made between standard Adomian decomposition method and the exact solutions and the proposed method. He's variational iteration method is introduced to overcome the difficulty arising in calculating Adomian polynomial in Adomian decomposition method. The results reveal that the proposed method is very effective and simple and can be applied for other nonlinear problems in mathematical physics

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physleta.2007.01.073;
PII
S0375-9601(07)00185-5;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. A
Journal Volume
366
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 61-68
ISSN
0375-9601
CODEN
PYLAAG

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
39014075
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
APPROXIMATIONS; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; EQUATIONS; EXACT SOLUTIONS; ITERATIVE METHODS; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; POLYNOMIALS; VARIATIONAL METHODS
Descriptors DEC
CALCULATION METHODS; EVALUATION; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS

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Copyright (c) 2007 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.