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Hossein JafariORCID

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Haleh TajadodiORCID

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Sarah Jane JohnstonORCID

A DECOMPOSITION METHOD FOR SOLVING DIFFUSION EQUATIONS VIA LOCAL FRACTIONAL TIME DERIVATIVE

ABSTRACT
In this paper a decomposition method based on Daftardar-Jafari method is applied for solving diffusion equations involving local fractional time derivatives. The convergence of this method for solving these type of equations is proved.
KEYWORDS
iterative method, local fractional derivative, diffusion equation, Daftardar-Jafari method
PAPER SUBMITTED: 2014-10-10
PAPER REVISED: 2015-01-20
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2015-02-12
PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2015-08-02
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI15S1S23J
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THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR 2015, VOLUME 19, ISSUE Supplement, PAGES [123 - 129]
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A decomposition method for solving diffusion equations via local fractional time derivative

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