Author： Yousefi S. A.
Publisher： Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISSN： 0020-7160
Source： International Journal of Computer Mathematics, Vol.87, Iss.6, 2010-05, pp. : 1299-1314
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Abstract
In this paper, the variational iteration method is implemented to give approximate solution of the Euler-Lagrange, Euler-Poisson and Euler-Ostrogradsky equations as ordinary (or partial) differential equations which arise from the variational problems. In this method, general Lagrange multipliers are introduced to construct correction functional for the variational problems. The multipliers in the functionals can be identified optimally via the variational theory. The initial approximations can be freely chosen with possible unknown constant, which can be determined by imposing the boundary or initial conditions. Illustrative examples are included to demonstrate the validity and applicability of the variational iteration method.
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