Q-homotopy analysis method for time-fractional Newell–Whitehead equation and time-fractional generalized Hirota–Satsuma coupled KdV system

Abstract

In this paper, two types of fractional nonlinear equations in Caputo sense, time-fractional Newell–Whitehead equation (FNWE) and time-fractional generalized Hirota–Satsuma coupled KdV system (HS-cKdVS), are investigated by means of the q-homotopy analysis method (q-HAM). The approximate solutions of the proposed equations are constructed in the form of a convergent series and are compared with the corresponding exact solutions. Due to the presence of the auxiliary parameter h in this method, just a few terms of the series solution are required in order to obtain better approximation. For the sake of visualization, the numerical results obtained in this paper are graphically displayed with the help of Maple.