Application of the Variational Iteration Method to Strongly Nonlinear 𝑞-Difference Equations

The theory of approximate solution lacks development in the area of nonlinear 𝑞-difference equations. One of the difficulties in developing a theory of series solutions for the homogeneous equations on time scales is that formulas for multiplication of two 𝑞-polynomials are not easily found. In thi...

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Main Author: Hsuan-Ku Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Journal of Applied Mathematics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/704138
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Summary:The theory of approximate solution lacks development in the area of nonlinear 𝑞-difference equations. One of the difficulties in developing a theory of series solutions for the homogeneous equations on time scales is that formulas for multiplication of two 𝑞-polynomials are not easily found. In this paper, the formula for the multiplication of two 𝑞-polynomials is presented. By applying the obtained results, we extend the use of the variational iteration method to nonlinear 𝑞-difference equations. The numerical results reveal that the proposed method is very effective and can be applied to other nonlinear 𝑞-difference equations.
ISSN:1110-757X
1687-0042