An order verification method for truncated asymptotic expansion solutions to initial value problems

The focus of this paper is to obtain explicit solutions to initial value problems, where numerical methods cannot provide one, and to verify the accuracy orders of the explicit solutions. One of available methods to obtain an explicit solution is the asymptotic (formal) expansion method. However, we must be sure with the accuracy order of the explicit solution. In this paper, an order verification method is proposed for truncated asymptotic formal expansion solutions to initial value problems. A least-squares fit of error data is used in the existing order verification method. The method that we propose does not involve any application of least-squares fit of error data, so is simpler, yet produces accurate expected accuracy orders of solutions of explicit truncated asymptotic formal expansions. With our proposed method, we are successful in verifying the accuracy orders of solutions of truncated asymptotic formal expansions to the linear and nonlinear initial value problems accurately