Related papers: Lane-Emden Equation: perturbation method
Polytropic models play a very important role in galactic dynamics and in the theory of stellar structure and evolution. However, in general, the solution of the Lane-Emden equation can not be given analytically but only numerically. In the…
The very accurate analytical solutions are found to Lane-Emden equation of arbitrary index, n, using Picard type iteration scheme and rational Pade approximants. For n=2 the dimensionless polytropic "radius" and "mass" are 4.35287459595 and…
Under suitable scaling, the structure of self-gravitating polytropes is described by the standard Lane-Emden equation (LEE), which is characterised by the polytropic index $n$. Here we use the known exact solutions of the LEE at $n=0$ and…
We describe an ansatz for symmetry reduction of the Lane-Emden equation for an arbitrary polytropic index n, admitting only one symmetry generator. For the reduced first order differential equation it is found that standard reduction…
The paper presents the solution for the existence of analytic solutions for some generalized Lane-Emden (LE) equation. Such solutions exists on the unit interval, which endpoints are singularities of the proposed perturbed LE equation. The…
A new analytic approximate technique for addressing nonlinear problems, namely the optimal perturbation iteration method, is introduced and implemented to singular initial value Lane-Emden type problems to test the effectiveness and…
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…
We compute multiprecision solutions of the Lane-Emden equation. This differential equation arises when introducing the well-known polytropic model into the equation of hydrostatic equilibrium for a nondistorted star. Since such…
We introduce a new approach to a century old assumption which enhances not only planetary interior calculations but also high pressure material physics. We show that the polytropic index is the derivative of the bulk modulus with respect to…
In this paper, approximate solutions for a class of fractional Lane - Emden type equations based on the series expansion method are presented. Various examples are introduced and discussed. The recurrence relation for the components of the…
This paper presents high-order numerical methods for solving boundary value problems associated with the Lane-Emden equation, which frequently arises in astrophysics and various nonlinear models. A major challenge in studying this equation…
In this paper we consider a class of second order singular homogeneous differential equations called the Lane-Emden-type with time singularity in the drift coefficient. Lane-Emden equations are singular initial value problems that model…
Lane-Emden differential equations describe different physical and astrophysical phenomena that include forms of stellar structure, isothermal gas spheres, gas spherical cloud thermal history, and thermionic currents. This paper presents a…
In this paper, the Green's function and decomposition technique is proposed for solving the coupled Lane-Emden equations. This approach depends on constructing Green's function before establishing the recursive scheme for the series…
In this work we study class I interior solutions supported by anisotropic polytropes. The generalized Lane--Emden equation compatible with the embedding condition is obtained and solved for a different set of parameters in both the…
In this study we consider perturbative series solution with respect to a parameter {\epsilon} > 0. In this methodology the solution is considered as an infinite sum of a series of functional terms which usually converges fast to the exact…
This paper presents a nonperturbative method for solving eigenproblems. This method applies to almost all potentials and provides nonperturbative approximations for any energy level. The method converts an eigenproblem into a perturbation…
Perturbative Symmetry Approach is formulated in symbolic representation. Easily verifiable integrability conditions of a given equation are constructed in the frame of the approach. Generalisation for the case of non-local and non-evolution…
An explicit perturbative solution to all orders is given for a general class of nonlinear differential equations. This solution is written as a sum indexed by rooted trees and uses the Green function of a linearization of the equations. The…
A general formalism recently proposed to study Newtonian polytropes for anisotropic fluids is here extended to the relativistic regime. Thus, it is assumed that a polytropic equation of state is satisfied by, both, the radial and the…