Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space Method for Solving Bratu’s Problem

Abstract

In this paper, we use the reproducing kernel Hilbert space method for solving a boundary value problem for the second order Bratu’s differential equation. Convergence analysis of presented method is discussed. The numerical approximations to the exact solution are computed and compared with other existing methods. Our presented method produces more accurate results in comparison with those obtained by Adomian decomposition, Laplace decomposition, B-spline, non-polynomial spline and Lie-group shooting methods. Our yardstick is absolute error. The comparison of the results with exact ones is made to confirm the validity and efficiency.