Volume 40, Issue 1 pp. 40-48
Research Article

A study on the convergence conditions of generalized differential transform method

Zaid M. Odibat

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Zaid M. Odibat

Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Al-Balqa' Applied University, Salt 19117, Jordan

Nonlinear Analysis and Applied Mathematics (NAAM) Research Group, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia

Correspondence to: Zaid M. Odibat, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Al-Balqa' Applied University, Salt 19117, Jordan.

E-mail: [email protected]

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Sunil Kumar

Sunil Kumar

Department of Mathematics, National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur 801014, Jharkhand, India

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Nabil Shawagfeh

Nabil Shawagfeh

Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Al-Balqa' Applied University, Salt 19117, Jordan

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Ahmed Alsaedi

Ahmed Alsaedi

Nonlinear Analysis and Applied Mathematics (NAAM) Research Group, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia

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Tasawar Hayat

Tasawar Hayat

Nonlinear Analysis and Applied Mathematics (NAAM) Research Group, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia

Department of Mathematics, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan

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First published: 27 May 2016
Citations: 31

Abstract

This paper deals with constructing generalized ‘fractional’ power series representation for solutions of fractional order differential equations. We present a brief review of generalized Taylor's series and generalized differential transform methods. Then, we study the convergence of fractional power series. Our emphasis is to address the sufficient condition for convergence and to estimate the truncated error. Numerical simulations are performed to estimate maximum absolute truncated error when the generalized differential transform method is used to solve non-linear differential equations of fractional order. The study highlights the power of the generalized differential transform method as a tool in obtaining fractional power series solutions for differential equations of fractional order. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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