On convergence of He’s variational iteration method for nonlinear partial differential equations

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

• Jafar Saberi -Nadjafi
• Asghar Ghorbani

Department of Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematical Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.

10.22067/ijnao.v3i1.18810

Abstract

This paper deals with a novel proof of convergence of He’s variational iteration method applied to nonlinear partial differential equations by proposing a new formulation for this technique.

Keywords

• variational iteration method
• Convergence theorem
• Partial differential equations
• Burger’s equation

20.1001.1.24236977.2013.3.1.1.2

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