The essence of the generalized Taylor theorem as the foundation of the homotopy analysis method

Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1254-1262

  Liu, Cheng shi ^a  

^a NORTHEAST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Generalized Taylor theorem; Nonlinear equation; Series expansion method; The homotopy analysis method

Indexed keywords

TAYLOR SERIES;

AUXILIARY PARAMETERS; GENERALIZED TAYLOR THEOREM; HOMOTOPY ANALYSIS; KEYS PARAMETERS; SERIES EXPANSION METHODS; SERIES SOLUTIONS; TAYLOR'S EXPANSION; TAYLOR'S THEOREM; THE HOMOTOPY ANALYSE METHOD;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 77957333487     PISSN: 10075704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnsns.2010.07.013     Document Type: Article

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