The improved homotopy analysis method for the Thomas-Fermi equation

Applied Mathematics and Computation

Volumn 218, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 8363-8369

  Zhao, Yinlong ^a   Lin, Zhiliang ^a   Liu, Zeng ^a   Liao, Shijun ^a  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

Author keywords

Homotopy analysis method; Nonlinear; Singularity; Thomas Fermi equation

Indexed keywords

HOMOTOPIES; HOMOTOPY ANALYSIS METHODS; INITIAL GUESS; LINEAR OPERATORS; NONLINEAR; RESIDUAL ERROR; SINGULARITY; THOMAS-FERMI EQUATION;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84862832762     PISSN: 00963003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2012.02.004     Document Type: Article

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