The Variational Iteration Method (VIM) is an iterative method that approximates solutions of differential equations. The method is a modification of the so-called general Lagrange multipliers [2]. The method is based on the idea of constructing a correction functional that uses a Lagrange multiplier. In this study, we analyse some basic properties of the Lagrange multiplier; and using these, we...

In this research, three numerical methods, namely the variational iteration method, Adomian decomposition and homotopy analysis method are considered to achieve an approximate solution for a third-order time-fractional partial differential Equation (TFPDE). The equation is obtained from classical (FW) by replacing integer-order time derivative with Caputo fractional of order η=(0,1] variable co...

The objective of this paper is to present the hybrid variational iteration method. The proposed algorithm is based on the combination of variational iteration and shooting methods. In the proposed algorithm the entire domain is divided into subintervals to establish the accuracy and convergence of the approximate solution. It is found that in each subinterval a three term approximate solution u...

In this paper, the multistage variational iteration method is implemented to solve a general form of the system of first-order differential equations. The convergence of the proposed method is given. To illustrate the proposed method, it is applied to a model for HIV infection of CD4+ T cells and the numerical results are compared with those of a recently proposed method.

Unsaturated flow of soils in unsaturated soils is an important problem in geotechnical and geo-environmental engineering. Richards’ equation is often used to model this phenomenon in porous media. Obtaining appropriate solution to this equation therefore provides better means to studying the infiltration into unsaturated soils. Available 5 methods for the solution of Richards’ equation mostly f...

Abstract The nonlinear two-dimensional forced-convection boundary-layer magneto hydrodynamic (MHD) incompressible flow of nanofluid over a horizontal stretching flat plate with variable magnetic field including the viscous dissipation effect is solved using the Variational iteration method (VIM), homotopy perturbation method (HPM) and Adomian decomposition method (ADM). In the paper, our result...

In recent years, it has been found that derivatives of non-integer order are very effective for the description of many physical phenomena such as rheology, damping laws, and diffusion processes. These findings invoked the growing interest on studies of the fractal calculus in various fields such as physics, chemistry, and engineering [1 – 4]. In general, there exists no method that yields an e...

In this paper, we apply homotopy analysis method (HAM) for computing the eigenvalues of SturmLiouville problems. The parameter h, in this method, helps us to adjust and control the convergence region. The results show that this method has validity and high accuracy with less iteration number in compare to Variation Iteration Method (VIM) and Adomian decomposition method (ADM). Moreover it is il...

In this paper, fuzzy variational iteration method (FVIM) is proposed to solve the second- order fuzzy Abel-Volterra integro-differential equations. The existence and uniqueness of the solution and convergence of the proposed method are proved in details. is investigated to verify convergence results and to illustrate the efficiently of the method.

In this paper, He‘s variational iteration method is applied to Fredholm integral equations of the second kind. To illustrate the ability and simplicity of the method, some examples are provided. The results reveal that the proposed method is very effective and simple and for first fourth examples leads to the exact solution.