Research Article
Application of Sumudu Decomposition Method to Solve
Nonlinear System Volterra Integrodifferential Equations
Hassan Eltayeb,
1
Adem KJlJçman,
2
and Said Mesloub
1
1
Mathematics Department, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
2
Department of Mathematics, Institute for Mathematical Research, Universiti Putra Malaysia, (UPM),
43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Correspondence should be addressed to Said Mesloub; mesloubs@yahoo.com
Received 18 February 2014; Accepted 4 April 2014; Published 28 April 2014
Academic Editor: Mohamed Boussairi Jleli
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We develop a method to obtain approximate solutions for nonlinear systems of Volterra integrodiferential equations with the help
of Sumudu decomposition method (SDM). Te technique is based on the application of Sumudu transform to nonlinear coupled
Volterra integrodiferential equations. Te nonlinear term can easily be handled with the help of Adomian polynomials. We illustrate
this technique with the help of three examples and results of the present technique have close agreement with approximate solutions
which were obtained with the help of Adomian decomposition method (ADM).
1. Introduction
Te linear and nonlinear Volterra integral equations arise in
many scientifc felds such as the population dynamics, spread
of epidemics, and semiconductor devices; for more details,
see [1]. Te scientists in diferent branches of science have
been trying to solve this kind of problems; however, fnding
an exact solution is not easy due to the nonlinear part of
these type groups of equations. Diferent analytical methods
have been developed and applied to fnd a solution. For
example, Adomian has introduced a so-called decomposition
method for solving algebraic, diferential, integrodiferential,
diferential-delay, and partial diferential equations. In the
nonlinear case for ordinary diferential equations and partial
diferential equations, the method has the advantage of
dealing directly with the problem [2, 3]. Tese equations
are solved without transforming them to equivalent form
which is more simple. Te method avoids linearization,
perturbation, discretization, or any unrealistic assumptions;
see [4, 5]. It was also suggested in [6] that the noise terms
appear always for inhomogeneous equations. Tus, most
recently, Wazwaz [7] established a necessary condition that is
essentially needed to ensure the appearance of “noise terms”
in the inhomogeneous equations.
Te integral transform has been used to solve many dif-
ferent types of diferential and integrodiferential equations.
For similar problems, Sumudu transform was introduced and
further applied to several ODEs as well as PDEs. For example,
in [8], this transform was applied to the one-dimensional
neutron transport equation. In [9], Sumudu transform was
extended to the distributions and some of their properties
were also studied in [10]. Recently, Kılıc ¸man et al. applied this
transform to solve the system of diferential equations (see
[11]), since there are some interesting properties that Sumudu
transform satisfes such as if
()=
∞
∑
=0
, then ()=
∞
∑
=0
!
; (1)
see [12].
In the present paper, the intimate connection between
Sumudu transform theory and decomposition method aris-
ing in the solution of nonlinear Volterra integrodiferential
equation is demonstrated.
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Abstract and Applied Analysis
Volume 2014, Article ID 503141, 6 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/503141