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Daftardar-Jafari Method for Fractional Heat-Like and Wave-Like Equations with Variable Coefficients
Department of Mathematics, College of Computer Science and Mathematics, University of Mosul, Iraq
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Applied Mathematics·Volume 08 (2017)·Pages 215–228·Published 7 February 2017·DOI10.4236/am.2017.82018
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Abstract
In this paper, Daftardar-Gejji and Jafari method is applied to solve fractional heat-like and wave-like models with variable coefficients. The method is proved for a variety of problems in one, two and three dimensional spaces where analytical approximate solutions are obtained. The examples are presented to show the efficiency and simplicity of this method.
KeywordsDaftardar-Jafari MethodHeat-Like EquationsWave-Like EquationsFractional Calculus
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