Research Article

Solving Singular Boundary Value Problems by Optimal Homotopy Asymptotic Method

Table 1

Comparison of second order OHAM solution with exact solution and third order MADM solution up to order 14.

EXACT solutionMADM solutionOHAM solutionAbsolute error MADMAbsolute error OHAM

0.10.9983370.9983360.9983381.78094 × 10−63.03759 × 10−7
0.20.9933990.9933920.99347.12004 × 10−61.00144 × 10−6
0.30.9853290.9853130.9853311.59824 × 10−51.59946 × 10−7
0.40.9743550.9743260.9743562.82262 × 10−51.66785 × 10−6
0.50.9607690.9607250.960774.34674 × 10−51.14773 × 10−6
0.60.9449110.944850.9449116.08991 × 10−53.98556 × 10−7
0.70.9271450.9270660.9271457.91571 × 10−51.05074 × 10−7
0.80.9078420.9077450.9078419.65148 × 10−53.56447 × 10−7
0.90.8873580.8872460.8873571.12075 × 10−41.45927 × 10−6
10.8660310.8659020.8660261.29346 × 10−45.62911 × 10−6

Second order OHAM solution gives encouraging results after comparing it with third order MADM solution.