A hybrid analytical technique for solving nonlinear fractional order PDEs of power law kernel: Application to KdV and Fornberg-Witham equations

Abstract

It is important to deal with the exact solution of nonlinear PDEs of non-integer orders. Integral transforms play a vital role in solving differential equations of integer and fractional orders. To obtain analytical solutions to integer and fractional-order DEs, a few transforms, such as Laplace transforms, Sumudu transforms, and Elzaki transforms, have been widely used by researchers. We propose the Yang transform homotopy perturbation (YTHP) technique in this paper. We present the relation of Yang transform (YT) with the Laplace transform. We find a formula for the YT of fractional derivative in Caputo sense. We deduce a procedure for computing the solution of fractional-order nonlinear PDEs involving the power-law kernel. We show the convergence and error estimate of the suggested method. We give some examples to illustrate the novel method. We provide a comparison between the approximate solution and exact solution through tables and graphs.