The Scientific World Journal (Jan 2014)

Approximate Series Solution of Nonlinear Singular Boundary Value Problems Arising in Physiology

  • Randhir Singh,
  • Jitendra Kumar,
  • Gnaneshwar Nelakanti

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/945872
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2014

Abstract

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We introduce an efficient recursive scheme based on Adomian decomposition method (ADM) for solving nonlinear singular boundary value problems. This approach is based on a modification of the ADM; here we use all the boundary conditions to derive an integral equation before establishing the recursive scheme for the solution components. In fact, we develop the recursive scheme without any undetermined coefficients while computing the solution components. Unlike the classical ADM, the proposed method avoids solving a sequence of nonlinear algebraic or transcendental equations for the undetermined coefficients. The approximate solution is obtained in the form of series with easily calculable components. The uniqueness of the solution is discussed. The convergence and error analysis of the proposed method are also established. The accuracy and reliability of the proposed method are examined by four numerical examples.