A Boundary-layer Flow with an Infinite Number of Solutions

  • Shijun Liao
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Abstract

In this chapter, the Mathematica package BVPh (version 1.0) based on the homotopy analysis method (HAM) is used to gain exponentially and algebraically decaying solutions of a nonlinear boundary-value equation in an infinite interval. Especially, an infinite number of algebraically decaying solutions were found for the first time by means of the HAM, which illustrate the originality and validity of the HAM for nonlinear boundary-value problems.

Keywords

Initial Guess Computer Algebra System Decay Solution Auxiliary Linear Operator Obtain Series Solution 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Shijun Liao
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  1. 1.Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghaiChina

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