Research Article

An Algorithm: Optimal Homotopy Asymptotic Method for Solutions of Systems of Second-Order Boundary Value Problems

Table 2

Absolute errors of 2nd-order solutions of for different choices of and also comparison with the 9th-order HPM solutions.

Exact
HPM [3]1st choice2nd choice3rd choice

0.1−0.093.9 × 10−50.02.73481 × 10−57.24002 × 10−5
0.2−0.167.8 × 10−50.05.22651 × 10−51.29739 × 10−4
0.3−0.211.2 × 10−40.07.06381 × 10−51.60122 × 10−4
0.4−0.241.6 × 10−40.07.68443 × 10−51.56816 × 10−4
0.5−0.252.0 × 10−40.06.63508 × 10−51.20279 × 10−4
0.6−0.242.4 × 10−40.04.01111 × 10−55.953 × 10−5
0.7−0.212.7 × 10−40.08.66203 × 10−67.8516 × 10−6
0.8−0.162.9 × 10−40.08.7425 × 10−65.7654 × 10−5
0.9−0.092.4 × 10−40.01.01876 × 10−66.30638 × 10−5