An explicit analytic solution to the Thomas-Fermi equation. (Q1405077): Difference between revisions

The author considers the boundary value problem for the Thomas-Fermi equation \[ u'' (x) = \sqrt{u^{3} (x) / x}, x > 0, \quad u (0) = L, \quad u (+\infty ) = 0. \tag{1} \] With the homotopy analysis method the explicit analytic solution to problem (1) is given. This solution has the form \[ u (x) = \sum_{k=0}^{\infty } \sum_{n=1}^{4k+1} \alpha _{k, n} (1+x)^{-n},\tag{2} \] where the coefficients can be calculated successive with the help of recurrence formulae. The author gives the results of calculations, when, in place of the precise solution to (2), the corresponding \(m\)th-order approximation \(u(x) = \sum_{k=0}^{m } \sum_{n=1}^{4k+1} \alpha _{k, n} (1+x)^{-n}\) for \(m=40, 60\) is used.