Lagrangian method for solving Lane-Emden type equation arising in astrophysics on semi-infinite domains

DOI10.1016/J.ACTAASTRO.2010.05.015MaRDI QIDQ6220192zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Kourosh Parand, A. R. Rezaei, Ali Taghavi

Publication date 13 August 2010

Fourier series in special orthogonal functions (Legendre polynomials, Walsh functions, etc.) (42C10) Spectral and related methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S25) Computational methods for problems pertaining to astronomy and astrophysics (85-08)

Abstract: In this paper we propose a Lagrangian method for solving Lane-Emden equation which is a nonlinear ordinary differential equation on semi-infinite interval. This approach is based on a Modified generalized Laguerre functions Lagrangian method. The method reduces the solution of this problem to the solution of a system of algebraic equations. We also present the comparison of this work with some well-known results and show that the present solution is acceptable.

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