225 research outputs found

    Activation of effector immune cells promotes tumor stochastic extinction: A homotopy analysis approach

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    In this article we provide homotopy solutions of a cancer nonlinear model describing the dynamics of tumor cells in interaction with healthy and effector immune cells. We apply a semi-analytic technique for solving strongly nonlinear systems - the Step Homotopy Analysis Method (SHAM). This algorithm, based on a modification of the standard homotopy analysis method (HAM), allows to obtain a one-parameter family of explicit series solutions. By using the homotopy solutions, we first investigate the dynamical effect of the activation of the effector immune cells in the deterministic dynamics, showing that an increased activation makes the system to enter into chaotic dynamics via a period-doubling bifurcation scenario. Then, by adding demographic stochasticity into the homotopy solutions, we show, as a difference from the deterministic dynamics, that an increased activation of the immune cells facilitates cancer clearance involving tumor cells extinction and healthy cells persistence. Our results highlight the importance of therapies activating the effector immune cells at early stages of cancer progression

    A new approach for solving nonlinear Thomas-Fermi equation based on fractional order of rational Bessel functions

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    In this paper, the fractional order of rational Bessel functions collocation method (FRBC) to solve Thomas-Fermi equation which is defined in the semi-infinite domain and has singularity at x=0x = 0 and its boundary condition occurs at infinity, have been introduced. We solve the problem on semi-infinite domain without any domain truncation or transformation of the domain of the problem to a finite domain. This approach at first, obtains a sequence of linear differential equations by using the quasilinearization method (QLM), then at each iteration solves it by FRBC method. To illustrate the reliability of this work, we compare the numerical results of the present method with some well-known results in other to show that the new method is accurate, efficient and applicable

    Series Solution of the Multispecies Lotka-Volterra Equations by Means of the Homotopy Analysis Method

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    The time evolution of the multispecies Lotka-Volterra system is investigated by the homotopy analysis method (HAM). The continuous solution for the nonlinear system is given, which provides a convenient and straightforward approach to calculate the dynamics of the system. The HAM continuous solution generated by polynomial base functions is of comparable accuracy to the purely numerical fourth-order Runge-Kutta method. The convergence theorem for the three-dimensional case is also given

    A Computational Method for Solving a Class of Fractional-Order Non-Linear Singularly Perturbed Volterra Integro-Differential Boundary-Value Problems

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    In this thesis, we present a computational method for solving a class of fractional singularly perturbed Volterra integro-differential boundary-value problems with a boundary layer at one end. The implemented technique consists of solving two problems which are a reduced problem and a boundary layer correction problem. The reproducing kernel method is used to the second problem. Pade’ approximation technique is used to satisfy the conditions at infinity. Existence and uniformly convergence for the approximate solution are also investigated. Numerical results provided to show the efficiency of the proposed method

    Solution Properties for Pertubed Linear and Nonlinear Integrals Equations

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    In this study we consider perturbative series solution with respect to a parameter {\epsilon} > 0. In this methodology the solution is considered as an infinite sum of a series of functional terms which usually converges fast to the exact desired solution. Then we investigate perturbative solutions for kernel perturbed integral equations and prove the convergence in an appropriate ranges of the perturbation series. Next we investigate perturbation series solutions for nonlinear perturbations of integral equations of Hammerstein type and formulate conditions for their convergence. Finally we prove the existence of a maximal perturbation range for non linear integral equations

    Homotopy Analysis And Legendre Multi-Wavelets Methods For Solving Integral Equations

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    Due to the ability of function representation, hybrid functions and wavelets have a special position in research. In this thesis, we state elementary definitions, then we introduce hybrid functions and some wavelets such as Haar, Daubechies, Cheby- shev, sine-cosine and linear Legendre multi wavelets. The construction of most wavelets are based on stepwise functions and the comparison between two categories of wavelets will become easier if we have a common construction of them. The properties of the Floor function are used to and a function which is one on the interval [0; 1) and zero elsewhere. The suitable dilation and translation parameters lead us to get similar function corresponding to the interval [a; b). These functions and their combinations enable us to represent the stepwise functions as a function of floor function. We have applied this method on Haar wavelet, Sine-Cosine wavelet, Block - Pulse functions and Hybrid Fourier Block-Pulse functions to get the new representations of these functions. The main advantage of the wavelet technique for solving a problem is its ability to transform complex problems into a system of algebraic equations. We use the Legendre multi-wavelets on the interval [0; 1) to solve the linear integro-differential and Fredholm integral equations of the second kind. We also use collocation points and linear legendre multi wavelets to solve an integro-differential equation which describes the charged particle motion for certain configurations of oscillating magnetic fields. Illustrative examples are included to reveal the sufficiency of the technique. In linear integro-differential equations and Fredholm integral equations of the second kind cases, comparisons are done with CAS wavelets and differential transformation methods and it shows that the accuracy of these results are higher than them. Homotopy Analysis Method (HAM) is an analytic technique to solve the linear and nonlinear equations which can be used to obtain the numerical solution too. We extend the application of homotopy analysis method for solving Linear integro- differential equations and Fredholm and Volterra integral equations. We provide some numerical examples to demonstrate the validity and applicability of the technique. Numerical results showed the advantage of the HAM over the HPM, SCW, LLMW and CAS wavelets methods. For future studies, some problems are proposed at the end of this thesis
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