An analytic study on the Euler-Lagrange equation arising in calculus of variations

AuthorsAbbas Saadatmandi, Tahereh Abdolahi Niasar
JournalComputational Methods for Differential Equations
Page number140-152
Volume number2
Paper TypeFull Paper
Published At2015
Journal GradeScientific - research
Journal TypeTypographic
Journal CountryIran, Islamic Republic Of

Abstract

The Euler-Lagrange equation plays an important role in the minimization problems of the calculus of variations. This paper employs the dierential transformation method (DTM) fornding the solution of the Euler-Lagrange equation which arise from problems of calculus of variations. DTM provides an analytical solution in the form of an innite power series with easily computable components. Several illustrative examples are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the present method.