Applied Mathematics
Vol.3 No.8(2012), Article ID:21476,6 pages DOI:10.4236/am.2012.38126

Numerical Study of Fractional Differential Equations of Lane-Emden Type by Method of Collocation

Mohammed S. Mechee1,2, Norazak Senu3

1Institute of Mathematical Sciences, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2Department of Mathematics, College of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, University of Kufa, Najaf, Iraq

3Department of Mathematics, Institute for Mathematical Research, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia

Email: mohsabd@siswa.um.edu.my, norazak@science.upm.edu.my

Received December 29, 2011; revised July 12, 2012; accepted July 19, 2012

Keywords: Fractional Calculus; Fractional Differential Equation; Lane-Emden Equation; Numerical Collection Method

ABSTRACT

Lane-Emden differential equations of order fractional has been studied. Numerical solution of this type is considered by collocation method. Some of examples are illustrated. The comparison between numerical and analytic methods has been introduced.

1. Introduction

Lane-Emden Differential Equation has the following form:

(1)

with the initial condition

where are constants, is a continuous real valued function and (see [1]).

Lane-Emden differential equations are singular initial value problems relating to second order differential equations (ODEs) which have been used to model several phenomena in mathematical physics and astrophysics.

In this paper we generalize the definition of LaneEmden equations up to fractional order as following:

(2)

with the initial condition

where are constants, is a continuous real-valued function and The theory of singular boundary value problems has become an important area of investigation in the past three decades [2-5]. One of the equations describing this type is the Lane-Emden equation. Lane-Emden type equations, first published by Jonathan Homer Lane in 1870 (see [6]), and further explored in detail by Emden [7], represents such phenomena and having significant applications, is a second-order ordinary differential equation with an arbitrary index, known as the polytropic index, involved in one of its terms. The Lane-Emden equation describes a variety of phenomena in physics and astrophysics, including aspects of stellar structure, the thermal history of a spherical cloud of gas, isothermal gas spheres,and thermionic currents [8].

The solution of the Lane-Emden problem, as well as other various linear and nonlinear singular initial value problems in quantum mechanics and astrophysics, is numerically challenging because of the singularity behavior at the origin. The approximate solutions to the Lane-Emden equation were given by homotopy perturbation method [9], variational iteration method [10], and Sinc-Collocation method [11], an implicit series solution [12]. Recently, Parand et al. [13] proposed an approximation algorithm for the solution of the nonlinear LaneEmden type equation using Hermite functions collocation method. Moreover, Adibi and Rismani [14] introduced a modified Legendre-spectral method. While, Bhrawy and Alofi [15,16] imposed a Jacobi-Gauss collocation method for solving nonlinear Lane-Emden type equations. Finally, Yigider [1] introduced numerical study of Lane-Emaden Type using Pade Approximation.

2. Fractional Calculus

Fractional calculus and its applications (that is the theory of derivatives and integrals of any arbitrary real or complex order) has importance in several widely diverse areas of mathematical physical and engineering sciences. It generalized the ideas of integer order differentiation and n-fold integration. Fractional derivatives introduce an excellent instrument for the description of general properties of various materials and processes. This is the main advantage of fractional derivatives in comparison with classical integer-order models, in which such effects are in fact neglected. The advantages of fractional derivatives become apparent in modeling mechanical and electrical properties of real materials, as well as in the description of properties of gases, liquids and rocks, and in many other fields (see [17]).

The class of fractional differential equations of various types plays important roles and tools not only in mathematics but also in physics, control systems, dynamical systems and engineering to create the mathematical modeling of many physical phenomena. Naturally, such equations required to be solved. Many studies on fractional calculus and fractional differential equations, involving different operators such as Riemann-Liouville operators [18], Erdlyi-Kober operators [19], Weyl-Riesz operators [20], Caputo operators [21] and GrnwaldLetnikov operators [22], have appeared during the past three decades. The existence of positive solution and multipositive solutions for nonlinear fractional differential equation are established and studied [23]. Moreover, by using the concepts of the subordination and superordination of analytic functions, the existence of analytic solutions for fractional differential equations in complex domain are suggested and posed in [24,25].

One of the most frequently used tools in the theory of fractional calculus is furnished by the Riemann-Liouville operators (see [22]). The Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative could hardly pose the physical interpretation of the initial conditions required for the initial value problems involving fractional differential equations. Moreover, this operator possesses advantages of fast convergence, higher stability and higher accuracy to derive different types of numerical algorithms [26].

Definition 2.1. The fractional (arbitrary) order integral of the function of order is defined by

when we write where denoted the convolution product (see [22]),

and and

as where is the delta function.

Definition 2.2. The fractional (arbitrary) order derivative of the function of order is defined by

Remark 2.1. From Definition 2.1 and Definition 2.2, we have

and

In this note, we consider the fractional Lane-Emden equations of the in Equation (2).

3. Analytic Solution

Consider that we are given a power series representing the solution of fractional Lane-Enden differential equations:

(3)

hence

(4)

Theorem: The analytic solution of the IVP(2) satisfied the following equation:

(5)

proof Substitute (3) and (4) into Equation (2), we obtain the desired equation.

The method of power series depends to find the coefficients as a function of n and.

3.1. Linear Lane-Emden Fractional Differential Equation

Consider in Equation (2) thus

(6)

with the initial condition

Equation (5) convert to the following equation

(7)

In case = 0, we obtain and in general

(8)

Examples

Example 3.1.1.1 Let, we pose the linear FDE

(9)

with the initial condition

Consider the solution of FDE is

Consequently,we have

(10)

Hence

(11)

Example 3.1.1.2 Let, we get the linear FDE

(12)

with the initial condition

Consider the solution of FDE is

Consequently,we have

(13)

with

(14)

4. Numerical Collocation Method

Collocation method for solving differential equations is one of the most powerful approximate methods for solving fractional differential equations. This method has its basis upon approximate the solution of FDE by a series of complete sequence of functions, in which we mean by a complete sequence of functions, a sequence of linearly independent functions which has no non zero function perpendicular to this sequence of functions In general, y(t) is approximated by

(15)

where for are an arbitrary constants to be evaluated and for are given set of functions. Therefore, the problem in Equation (6) of evaluating y(t) is approximated by (16) then is reduced to the problem of evaluating the coefficients for.

Let is a partition to interval [0,1] and

and and

Define

(16)

Hence

(17)

Consider the solution of Equation (6) as following

(18)

operating by we obtain

hence

put we get

A linear system Ax = b of n – 1 equations in n – 1 variables is obtained and for.

Hence, from Equation (6) we obtain the linear system Ax = b which could be solved by using any numerical method for solving linear system of algebraic equations.

Numerical Examples

To implement our examples, we used Matlab R2009b on Intel(R)core TM2Duo processor with 3.00 GHZ and 3 GB RAM.

Example 4.1.1

(19)

with the initial condition

Hence

See Table 1 and Figure 1, where the exact solution is

and.

Example 4.1.2

(20)

with the initial condition

Hence

See Table 2 and Figure 2, where the exact solution is

and.

Table 1. Absolute error of numerical solution of Example 4.1.

Figure 1. Numerical and analytic graph of solution of Example 4.1.

Figure 2. Numerical and analytic graph of solution of Example 4.2.

Table 2. Absolute error of numerical solution of Example 4.2.

5. Conclusion

From above, we imposed the Lane-Emden differential equation of fractional order. The generality of definition of Lane-Emden as a fractional order is more importance in applied mathematics, mathematical physics and astrophysics. The order appeared in two different fractional powers. An approximate solution is obtained by employing the method of power series. Furthermore, a numerical solution is established by Collection method for these equations.

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