Part Ⅰ Basic Ideas and Theorems
1 Introduction
1.1 Motivation and purpose
1.2 Characteristic of homotopy analysis method
1.3 Outline References
2 Basic Ideas of the Homotopy Analysis Method
2.1 Concept ofhomotopy
2.2 Example 2.1 : general_ized Newtonian iteration formula
2.3 Example 2.2 : nonlinear oscillation
2.3.1 Analysis of the solution characteristic
2.3.2 Mathematical formulations
2.3.3 Convergence of homotopy-series solution
2.3.4 Essence of the convergence-controlparameter co
2.3.5 Convergence acceleration by homotopy-Pade technique
2.3.6 Convergence acceleration by optimalinitial approximation
2.3.7 Convergence acceleration by iteration
2.3.8 Flexibility on the choice of auxiliary linear operator
2.4 Concluding remarks and discussions
Appendix 2.1 Derivation of & in (2.5 7)
Appendix 2.2 Derivation of (2.5 5) by the 2nd approach
Appendix 2.3 Proof of Theorem 2.3
Appendix 2.4 Mathematica code (withoutiteration) for Example 2.2
Appendix 2.5 Mathematica code (with iteration) for Example 2.2
Problems
References
3 Optimal Homotopy Analysis Method
3.1 Introduction
3.2 An illustrative description
3.2.1 Basic ideas
3.2.2 Different types of optimal methods
3.3 Systematic description
3.4 Concluding remarks and discussions
Appendix 3.1 Mathematica code for Blasius flow
Problems N N
References
4 Systematic Descriptions and Related Theorems
4.1 Brief frame of the homotopy analysis method
4.2 Properties of homotopy-derivative
4.3 Deformation equations
4.3.1 A briefhistory
4.3.2 High-order deformation equations
4.3.3 Examples
4.4 Convergence theorems
4.5 Solution expression
4.5.1 Choice of initial approximation
4.5.2 Choice of auxiliary linear operator
4.6 Convergence control and acceleration
4.6.1 Optimal convergence-controlparameter
4.6.2 Optimal initial approximation
4.6.3 Homotopy-iteration technique
4.6.4 Homotopy-Pade technique
4.7 Discussions and open questions
References
5 Relationship to Euler Transform
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Generalized Taylor series
5.3 Homotopytransform
5.4 Relation between homotopy analysis method and Eulertransform
5.5 Concluding remarks References
6 Some Methods Based on the HAM
6.1 A brief history of the homotopy analysis method
6.2 Homotopy perturbation method
6.3 Optimal homotopy asymptotic method
6.4 Spectral homotopy analysis method
6.5 Generalized boundary element method
6.6 Generalized scaled boundary finite element method
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Part Ⅱ Mathematica Package BVPh and Its Applications
Part Ⅲ Applications in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations
Index