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Here in this chapter, we present analytical solutions to additional problems of practical interest, using homotopy analysis method. Included are a fluid flow and heat transfer problem, as well as an ill-posed problem related to the flow of a thin fluid film.
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Vajravelu, K., van Gorder, R.A. (2012). Further Applications of the Homotopy Analysis Method. In: Nonlinear Flow Phenomena and Homotopy Analysis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32102-3_6
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