Research Article
Fractional Order Airy’s Type Differential Equations of Its Models
Using RDTM
Daba Meshesha Gusu ,
1
Dechasa Wegi,
2
Girma Gemechu,
2
and Diriba Gemechu
2
1
Department of Mathematics, Ambo University, Ambo, Ethiopia
2
Department of Mathematics, Mettu University, Metu, Ethiopia
Correspondence should be addressed to Daba Meshesha Gusu; dabam7@gmail.com
Received 19 June 2021; Revised 15 August 2021; Accepted 19 August 2021; Published 10 September 2021
Academic Editor: Kamal Shah
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In this paper, we propose a novel reduced differential transform method (RDTM) to compute analytical and semianalytical
approximate solutions of fractional order Airy’s ordinary differential equations and fractional order Airy’s and Airy’s type partial
differential equations subjected to certain initial conditions. e performance of the proposed method was analyzed and
compared with a convergent series solution form with easily computable coefficients. e behavior of approximated series
solutions at different values of fractional order α and its modeling in 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional spaces are compared with
exact solutions using MATLAB graphical method analysis. Moreover, the physical and geometrical interpretations of the
computed graphs are given in detail within 2- and 3-dimensional spaces. Accordingly, the obtained approximate solutions of
fractional order Airy’s ordinary differential equations and fractional order Airy’s and Airy’s type partial differential equations
subjected to certain initial conditions exactly fit with exact solutions. Hence, the proposed method reveals reliability, effectiveness,
efficiency, and strengthening of computed mathematical results in order to easily solve fractional order Airy’s type
differential equations.
1. Introduction
e fractional calculus is a generalization of the differen-
tiation and integration to arbitrary noninteger order. It is the
theory of integrals and derivatives of arbitrary order which
unifies and generalizes the concepts of integer order dif-
ferentiation and n-fold integration. Currently, the theory of
fractional differentiation has gained much more attention as
the fractional order system response ultimately converges to
the integer order equations. e no analytical solution
method was available for such type of equations before the
nineteenth century as explained in [1].
In recent past years, the glorious developments have
been investigated in the field of fractional calculus and
fractional differential equations. Several real phenomena
emerging in engineering and science fields can be demon-
strated successfully by developing models using the frac-
tional calculus theory. Some of these are time fractional heat
equations, time fractional heat-like equations, time frac-
tional wave equations, time fractional telegraphic equation,
fractional order Airy’s ordinary differential equation, time
fractional Airy’s partial differential equations, and so on.
ese equations are represented by linear and nonlinear
differential equations, and since they have so many appli-
cations in the field of science, solving such fractional dif-
ferential equations is very important. e main advantage of
fractional order differential equations is that it is a global
operator and produces accurate as well as stable results.
erefore, these equations constitute an important class of
differential equations, and for some recent work, we refer the
readers to study the work in [2–9].
e term Airy differential equation was first coined by
George Biddell Airy, who was particularly involved in optics
[10]. He also had an interest in the calculation of light in-
tensity in the area of a caustic surface. A number of scholars
have acknowledged that the e Airy equation has a
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Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Volume 2021, Article ID 3719206, 21 pages
https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/3719206