A Third-Order p-Laplacian Boundary Value Problem Solved by an SL(3,ℝ) Lie-Group Shooting Method
The boundary layer problem for power-law fluid can be recast to a third-order p-Laplacian boundary value problem (BVP). In this paper, we transform the third-order p-Laplacian into a new system which exhibits a Lie-symmetry SL(3,ℝ). Then, the closure property of the Lie-group is used to derive a lin...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2013-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Applied Mathematics |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/497863 |
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| Summary: | The boundary layer problem for power-law fluid can be recast to a third-order p-Laplacian boundary value problem (BVP). In this paper, we transform the third-order p-Laplacian into a new system which exhibits a Lie-symmetry SL(3,ℝ). Then, the closure property of the Lie-group is used to derive a linear transformation between the boundary values at two ends of a spatial interval. Hence, we can iteratively solve the missing left boundary conditions, which are determined by matching the right boundary conditions through a finer tuning of r∈[0,1]. The present SL(3,ℝ) Lie-group shooting method is easily implemented and is efficient to tackle the multiple solutions of the third-order p-Laplacian. When the missing left boundary values can be determined accurately, we can apply the fourth-order Runge-Kutta (RK4) method to obtain a quite accurate numerical solution of the p-Laplacian. |
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| ISSN: | 1110-757X 1687-0042 |