An efficient method for solving Emden-Fowler equations

Journal of the Franklin Institute

Volumn 346, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 889-897

  Shang, Xufeng ^a   Wu, Peng ^b   Shao, Xingping ^c  

^a CHINA JILIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA ACADEMY OF RAILWAY SCIENCES CORPORATION LIMITED   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Emden Fowler type equations; Lane Emden equation; Nonlinear equations; Variational iteration method

Indexed keywords

ADOMIAN DECOMPOSITION METHODS; CORRECTION FUNCTIONALS; EFFICIENT METHOD; EMDEN-FOWLER EQUATIONS; EMDEN-FOWLER TYPE EQUATIONS; EXACT SOLUTION; FUNCTIONALS; LANE-EMDEN EQUATION; SECOND-ORDER ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; VARIATIONAL ITERATION METHOD; VARIATIONAL THEORY;

HELIUM; ITERATIVE METHODS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL);

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 70349775507     PISSN: 00160032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfranklin.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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