Generalized Quasilinearization for Nonlinear Problems (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780792350385)

The problems of modern society are complex, interdisciplinary and nonlin- ear. onlinear problems are therefore abundant in several diverse disciplines. Since explicit analytic solutions of nonlinear problems in terms of familiar, well- trained functions of analysis are rarely possible, one needs to exploit various approximate methods. There do exist a number of powerful procedures for ob- taining approximate solutions of nonlinear problems such as, Newton-Raphson method, Galerkins method, expansion methods, dynamic programming, itera- tive techniques, truncation methods, method of upper and lower bounds and Chapligin method, to name a few. Let us turn to the fruitful idea of Chapligin, see [27] (vol I), for obtaining approximate solutions of a nonlinear differential equation u' = f(t, u), u(O) = uo. Let fl' h be such that the solutions of 1t' = h (t, u), u(O) = uo, and u' = h(t, u), u(O) = uo are comparatively simple to solve, such as linear equations, and lower order equations. Suppose that we have h(t, u) s f(t, u) s h(t, u), for all (t, u).

Author: V. Lakshmikantham,A. S. Vatsala
ISBN-10: 0792350383
ISBN-13: 9780792350385
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 05/31/1998
Pages: 278
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d