An approximation algorithm for the solution of the nonlinear Lane-Emden type equations arising in astrophysics using Hermite functions collocation method

In this paper we propose a collocation method for solving some well-known classes of Lane-Emden type equations which are nonlinear ordinary differential equations on the semi-infinite domain. They are categorized as singular initial value problems. The proposed approach is based on a Hermite function collocation (HFC) method. To illustrate the reliability of the method, some special cases of the equations are solved as test examples. The new method reduces the solution of a problem to the solution of a system of algebraic equations. Hermite functions have prefect properties that make them useful to achieve this goal. We compare the present work with some well-known results and show that the new method is efficient and applicable.Comment: 34 pages, 13 figures, Published in "Computer Physics Communications

A fractional B-spline collocation method for the numerical solution of fractional predator-prey models

We present a collocation method based on fractional B-splines for the solution of fractional differential problems. The key-idea is to use the space generated by the fractional B-splines, i.e., piecewise polynomials of noninteger degree, as approximating space. Then, in the collocation step the fractional derivative of the approximating function is approximated accurately and efficiently by an exact differentiation rule that involves the generalized finite difference operator. To show the effectiveness of the method for the solution of nonlinear dynamical systems of fractional order, we solved the fractional Lotka-Volterra model and a fractional predator-pray model with variable coefficients. The numerical tests show that the method we proposed is accurate while keeping a low computational cost

Comparative Study of Homotopy Analysis and Renormalization Group Methods on Rayleigh and Van der Pol Equations

A comparative study of the Homotopy Analysis method and an improved Renormalization Group method is presented in the context of the Rayleigh and the Van der Pol equations. Efficient approximate formulae as functions of the nonlinearity parameter $\varepsilon$ for the amplitudes $a(\varepsilon)$ of the limit cycles for both these oscillators are derived. The improvement in the Renormalization group analysis is achieved by invoking the idea of nonlinear time that should have significance in a nonlinear system. Good approximate plots of limit cycles of the concerned oscillators are also presented within this framework.Comment: 25 pages, 7 figures. Revised and upgraded: Differ Equ Dyn Syst, (26 July, 2015