The variational iteration method for a reliable treatment of the linear and the nonlinear Goursat problem

Applied Mathematics and Computation

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 455-462

  Wazwaz, Abdul Majid ^a  

^a SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Linear Goursat problem; Nonlinear Goursat problem; Variational iteration method

Indexed keywords

ITERATIVE METHODS; LINEAR EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

LINEAR GOURSAT PROBLEMS; NONLINEAR GOURSAT PROBLEMS; RESTRICTIVE ASSUMPTIONS; VARIATIONAL ITERATION METHODS;

VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

EID: 35448980713     PISSN: 00963003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2007.03.083     Document Type: Article

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