Abstract

In this study, we introduce a novel generalization of triple integral transforms, which is called a general triple transform. We present the definition of the new approach and prove the main properties related to the existence, uniqueness, shifting, scaling, and inverse. Moreover, relations between the new general triple transform and other transforms are presented, and new results related to partial derivatives and the triple convolution theorem are established. We apply the general triple transform to solve some applications of various types of partial differential equations. The strength of the new approach is that it covers almost all integral transforms of order one, two, and three, and hence no need to find new formulas of triple integral transforms or to study the basic properties.

1. Introduction

Many researchers around the world have studied partial differential equations, partial integrodifferential equations, and the methods of solution due to their ability in describing such formulas and phenomena. Mathematical formulas for real-world applications involving numerous variables are difficult to formulate, several mathematicians now have focused most of their attention on finding approximate and exact solutions to partial differential and integral equations, and many approaches to doing so have been proposed [1ā€“7].

Differential equations had several applications in different industries. Dehghan and Shakeri [6] employed the variational iteration technique to resolve PIDEs that came up during the heat conduction of materials with memory. To address PIDEs that arose in viscoelasticity, Dehghan [7] offers a variety of numerical approaches. Pao [8] and Pachpatte [9] solved the nonlinear PIDEs that arose in nuclear reactor dynamics. For the purpose of pricing derivatives in the financial industry, PIDEs were used [10]. In financial modeling, Abergel and Tachet [11] employed a nonlinear PIDE. In the paradigm of electricity swaptions, Hepperger [12] suggested a PDE. In [13], Zadeh suggested a PIDE that controls biofluid flow in cracked biomaterials.

Several analytical approaches have been developed by numerous researchers to solve linear and nonlinear partial differential equations, such as the Homotopy analysis method [14], Adomian decomposition method [15], the variational iteration method [16], power series method [17], residual power series method [18], Laplace residual power series [19], ARA residual power series method [20], and others [21, 22].

One of the most promising tools for solving linear equations are integral transforms method. Mathematicians have proposed many types of integral transforms in literature, Laplace transform [23], Sumudu transform [24], Elzaki transform [25], Natural transform [26], ARA transform [27], formable transform [28], and others. Most of these transforms were studied and combined with other numerical methods to solve linear and nonlinear problems. Moreover, new approaches have appeared that generalizes the idea of single transform to double and triple transforms, such as double and triple Laplace transform, double and triple Sumudu transform, double and triple Elzaki transform, double and triple ARA transform, triple Laplace ARA Sumudu transform, and others [29ā€“36].

In 2020, Jafari [37] introduced the new general transform (single transform) which is defined for a continuous function asprovided the integral exists. This transform is important due to its ability in generalizing large numbers of single transforms. Recently, Meddahi and others [38] introduced a new general double integral transform that generalizes the idea of double transforms, that is given for a continuous function of two variables asprovided the integral exists. Also, this new formula mostly covers double integral transforms.

The aim of this work is to generalize a new formula for triple integral transforms, that covers the previous two approaches considering dimensions one and two of the new proposed transform of dimension three and to establish a new formula that covers almost all integral transforms of different dimensions 1, 2, and 3. We define a new general triple transform and introduce the basic properties and relations to other transforms, following that we present new general formulas related to partial derivatives and the triple convolution theorem. Moreover, we present some applications of partial differential equations and discuss the solution by the new triple transform. It is worth mentioning here that the new general triple transform generalizes mostly all triple integral transforms that have a duality to Laplace transform.

The layout of this article is as follows. Section 2 presents the new definition of the new general triple transform and some basic properties with proofs. In Section 3, more results related to partial derivatives and the convolution theorem are illustrated. Section 4 introduces some applications using the new approach in solving partial differential equations and integral equations. Section 5 concludes the paper.

2. A New General Formula of Triple Transform

This section includes a new general formula that generalizes mostly, all three-dimensional integral transforms. Fundamental definitions, properties, and theorems related to the new approach are all covered. For readers who want to see more properties about the single and double general transforms, we add Table 1.

2.1. Basic Definition of General Triple Transform

Definition 1. The general triple transform of the continuous function denoted by is defined by the following equation:where is a function defined for all the given functions are complex functions under the condition .
Using Fubiniā€™s theorem, one can obtain the following equation:The authors in [26] introduced the following result that allows us to define the inverse of the general triple transform as stated follows.

Theorem 1. Assume that is an integrable function on and ifwhere and are both complex functions, and the Fourier transform of is also integrable, where . Then, the inverse of the transform is given by the following equation:provided that for .

Thus, we can define the inverse general triple transform as follows:where are real constants and , for .

In the following theorem, we introduce the existence and uniqueness conditions of the new approach.

Theorem 2. Let be a continuous function defined on , where , and suppose that is a function of exponential orders , which implies for some . Then, the general triple transform exists for all . Moreover, if and are both continuous functions possessing the general triple transforms and , respectively, where , then ā€‰=ā€‰.

Proof. First, we prove the existing conditions.
The definition of the general triple transform implies thatNow, from the assumptions, that , we have the following equation:In addition, if the definition of inverse triple transform implies thatwhich ends the proof of the uniqueness.
The following remark illustrates the linearity of the new triple transform.

Remark 1. The general triple transform is linear, in fact for any two constants , we have the following equation:In addition, the inverse general triple transform is linear;

2.2. Dualities to Other Triple Transforms

The aim of this section is to illustrate the relation between the general triple transform and some other popular transforms. We study these dualities and state them in the following table (Table 2).

Moreover, we mention the relationship between the new general triple transform and the single and double transforms.(i)(ii)

3. Derivatives and Convolution Results

In this section, we establish and prove some important results of the general triple transform, including the value of the proposed transform to partial derivatives, the triple convolution property, and others.

Theorem 3. Let be the general triple transform of the function . Then,(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)Here, .

Proof. For part (i), we get from the definition of the general triple transform,Using the integration by parts for the integral in the bracket, with simple computations, equation (13) becomes the following equation:Hence, we obtain the following equation:To prove part (ii), the definition of the general triple transform yieldsUsing part (i) and with simple computations, equation (16) becomes the following equation:which is the desired result. The proof of parts (iii) and (iv) can be obtained by similar arguments.
Now, we can present the following corollary which can be gained by replacing the variables in the previous theorem.

Corollary 1. Let be the general triple transform of the function . Then,(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(vi)

Corollary 2. Let be the general triple transform of the function . Then, we have the following results:

Proof. Assume thatIt is obvious thatHence,

Theorem 4. part (iv) implies that

But, we have .

Thus, we obtain

Hence, the proof is complete.

Theorem 5. Let be the general triple transform of the function . Then,(i)(ii)(iii)

Proof. We state the proof of part (i); for parts (ii) and (iii), we can get the proof by similar arguments. We get from the definition of the general triple transform, thatThus,Differentiating both sides of equation (25) with respect to we have the following equation:Thus,

Theorem 6. Let be the general triple transform of the function . Then,where is the Heaviside unit step function that is defined by: when and when .

Proof. Using the definition of the general triple transform, we obtain the following equation:Putting , we obtain the following equation:

Definition 2. Let and be two integrable functions of three variables, then the triple convolution of and is given by the following equation:where the symbol denotes the triple convolution with respect to .

Theorem 7. Let and be the general triple transforms of the functions and , respectively; we suppose that for all . Then,

Proof. Using the definition of the general triple transform and the triple convolution property, we have the following equation:Using the Heaviside unit step function, we obtain the following equation:Thus, with simple computations, we conclude that

4. Case Studies

In this section, some applications of partial differential equations are discussed and solved by the new general triple transform. In addition, we mention herein that the values of the general triple transform of the discussed functions can be found in Tables 1 and 3.

Example 1. Consider the following homogeneous partial differential equation:subject to the conditions:Applying the general triple transform to both sides of equation (36), we obtain the following equation:Running the triple integral transform on equation (38), we obtain the following equation:whereSimplifying equation (39), we have the following equation:Applying the inverse triple transform , we get the solution of equation (36) in the original spacewhich is the exact solution of equations (36) and (37).

Example 2. Consider the following partial differential equation:subject to the conditions:Applying the general triple transform to both sides of equation (43) to obtain the following equation:Running the general triple transform in equation (45), we obtain the following equation:Simplifying equation (46), we have the following equation:Applying the inverse triple transform , and after simple calculations, we get the solution of equation (43) in the original spacewhich is the exact solution of equation (43).

Example 3. Consider the following partial differential equation:subject to the conditions:Applying the general triple transform to both sides of equation (49), we obtain the following equation:Running in equation (51), to obtain the following equation:Simplifying equation (52), we have the following equation:Applying the inverse triple transform , and after simple calculations, we get the solution of equation (49) in the original spacewhich is the exact solution of equation (49).

Example 4. Consider the following Volterra partial integro-differential equations:subject to the conditions:Applying the general triple transform , to both sides of equation (55), we obtain the following equation:Simplifying equation (57), and substituting the transformed conditions, we have the following equation:Applying the inverse triple transform on equation (58), we get the solution of equation (55) in the original spacewhich is the exact solution of equation (55).

Example 5. Consider the following three-dimensional Poisson equation:where are positive real numbers. Subject to the initial conditionsWe apply the general triple transform to equation (60) and compute the transformed values of the initial conditions, with simple calculations, one can get the following equation:Following that, we get the solution of Example 5 in the original space, after applying the inverse triple transform to equation (62), as follows:

Example 6. Consider the heat equation of the formwhere Subject to the conditions:We apply the general triple transform to equation (64) and compute the transformed values of the initial conditions (65), with simple calculations, one can obtain the following equation:Following that, we get the solution of Example 6 in the original space, after applying the inverse triple transform to equation (66), as follows:

5. Conclusion

In this research, we introduced a new general triple integral transform, that generalizes almost all three-dimensional integral transforms. Several properties of the proposed triple transform were presented, discussed, and proved; also, the dualities to other transforms were illustrated. New relations related to partial derivatives and triple convolution were established. To show the applicability of the new approach some examples on partial differential equations were solved via the new transform. Our goal in this research is achieved, and in the future, we intend to solve fractional partial differential equations and fractional integral equations and generalize new formulas related to fractional operators and vector-valued solutions with applications on matrices such as [39ā€“42].

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Conflicts of Interest

The author declares there are no conflicts of interest.