Title

Existence and uniqueness results for a nonlinear differential equation arising in MHD Falkner-Skan flow

Authors

Authors

R. A. Van Gorder;K. Vajravelu

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Commun. Nonlinear Sci. Numer. Simul.

Keywords

Boundary layer flow; Similarity solution; Magnetohydrodynamic flow; Existence theorem; Uniqueness theorem; BOUNDARY-LAYER THEORY; POROUS-MEDIUM; PLATE; Mathematics, Applied; Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications; Mechanics; Physics, Fluids & Plasmas; Physics, Mathematical

Abstract

We establish the existence and uniqueness results over the semi-infinite interval [0, infinity) for a class of nonlinear third order ordinary differential equations arising in magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) Falkner-Skan flows. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Journal Title

Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation

Volume

15

Issue/Number

9

Publication Date

1-1-2010

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

2272

Last Page

2277

WOS Identifier

WOS:000276821300007

ISSN

1007-5704

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