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International Journal of Differential Equations
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 237045, 12 pages
doi:10.1155/2011/237045
Research Article
Homotopy Analysis Method for Solving Foam Drainage Equation with Space- and Time-Fractional Derivatives
Department of Mathematics, Neyshabour Branch, Islamic Azad University, Neyshabour, Iran
Received 4 May 2011; Accepted 12 May 2011
Academic Editor: Shaher M. Momani
Copyright © 2011 Hadi Hosseini Fadravi et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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