A new identification of Lagrange multipliers to study solutions of nonlinear Caputo–Fabrizio fractional problems

Abstract

This research aims to provide a new identification of Lagrange multipliers using a novel hybrid method based on the Khalouta transform method and the variational iteration method and to study the solutions of nonlinear fractional problems. This method is called Khalouta variational iteration method (KHVIM). The fractional derivative is considered in Caputo–Fabrizio sense. The uniqueness and convergence results are investigated using Banach fixed point theorem. The results are obtained in the form of successive approximations corresponding to the proposed problem. To demonstrate the accuracy and effectiveness of the proposed method, three different nonlinear fractional partial differential equations are provided. Approximate solutions of the fractional equations were obtained. These solutions quickly converged to exact solutions with lower computational cost. Furthermore, the method used in this study is more generalized and allows our results to be more extensive and cover several new and existing fractional problems in the literature.

Keywords

• Fractional partial differential equations
• Caputo–Fabrizio derivative
• Lagrange multipliers
• Khalouta transform method
• Variational iteration method