On exact solutions for time-fractional Korteweg-de Vries and Korteweg-de Vries-Burger’s equations using homotopy analysis transform method

Abstract

In this paper we consider the homotopy analysis transform method (HATM) to solve the time fractional order Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) and Korteweg-de Vries-Burger’s (KdVB) equations. The HATM is a combination of the Laplace decomposition method (LDM) and the homotopy analysis method (HAM). The fractional derivatives are defined in the Caputo sense. This method gives the solution in the form of a rapidly convergent series with h-curves are used to determine the intervals of convergent. Averaged residual errors are used to find the optimal values of h. It is found that the optimal h accelerates the convergence of the HATM, with the rate of convergence depending on the parameters in the KdV and KdVB equations. The HATM solutions are compared with exact solutions and excellent agreement is found.