Front Matter
 1 Introduction
  References
 2 Principles of Homotopy Analysis.
  2.1 Principles of homotopy and the homotopy analysis method
  2.2 Construction of the deformation equations
  2.3 Construction of the series solution
  2.4 Conditions for the convergence of the series solutions
  2.5 Existence and uniqueness of solutions obtained by homotopy analysis
  2.6 Relations between the homotopy analysis method and other analytical methods
  2.7 Homotopy analysis method for the Swift-Hohenberg equation
   2.7.1 Application of the homotopy analysis method
   2.7.2 Convergence of the series solution and discussion of results
  2.8 Incompressible viscous conducting fluid approaching a permeable stretching surface.
   2.8.1 Exact solutions for some special cases
   2.8.2 The case of G _= 0
   2.8.3 The case of G = 0
   2.8.4 Numerical solutions and discussion of the results
  2.9 Hydromagnetic stagnation point flow of a second grade fluid over a stretching sheet
   2.9.1 Formulation of the mathematical problem
   2.9.2 Exact solutions
   2.9.3 Constructing analytical solutions via homotopy analysis
  References
 3 Methods for the Control of Convergence in Obtained Solutions
  3.1 Selection of the auxiliary linear operator and base function representation
   3.1.1 Method of linear partition matching
   3.1.2 Method of highest order differential matching
   3.1.3 Method of complete differential matching
   3.1.4 Initial versus boundary value problems
   3.1.5 Additional options for the selection of an auxiliary linear operator.
   3.1.6 Remarks on the solution expression.
  3.2 The role of the auxiliary function
  3.3 Selection of the convergence control parameter
  3.4 Optimal convergence control parameter value and the Lane-Emden equation of the first kind
   3.4.1 Physical background
   3.4.2 Analytic solutions via Taylor series
   3.4.3 Analytic solutions via homotopy analysis
  References
 4 Additional Techniques
  4.1 Construction of multiple homotopies for coupled equations
  4.2 Selection of an auxiliary nonlinear operator
  4.3 Validation of the convergence control parameter
   4.3.1 Convergence control parameter plots (“ ¯h-plots”)
   4.3.2 Minimized residual errors
   4.3.3 Minimized approximate residual errors
  4.4 Multiple homotopies and the construction of solutions to the F¨oppl-von K´arm´an equations governing deflections of a thin flat plate
   4.4.1 Physical background
   4.4.2 Linearization and construction of perturbation solutions
   4.4.3 Recursive solutions for the clamped edge boundary data
   4.4.4 Special case: The thin plate limit h→0,ν 2 →1
   4.4.5 Control of error and selection of the convergence control parameters
   4.4.6 Results
  4.5 Nonlinear auxiliary operators and local solutions to the Drinfel’d-Sokolov equations.91 4.6 Recent work on advanced techniques in HAM
   4.6.1 Mathematical properties of ¯h-curve in the frame work of the homotopy analysis method
   4.6.2 Predictor homotopy analysis method and its application to some nonlinear problems
   4.6.3 An optimal homotopy-analysis approach for strongly nonlinear differential equations
   4.6.4 On the homotopy multiple-variable method and its applications in the interactions of nonlinear gravity waves
  References
 5 Application of the Homotopy Analysis Method to Fluid Flow Problems
  5.1 Thin film flow of a Sisko fluid on a moving belt
   5.1.1 Mathematical analysis of the problem
   5.1.2 Application of the homotopy analysis method
   5.1.3 Numerical results and discussion
  5.2 Nano boundary layers over stretching surfaces
   5.2.1 Formulation of the problem
   5.2.2 Application of the homotopy analysis method
   5.2.3 Analytical solutions via the homotopy analysis method
   5.2.4 Numerical solutions
   5.2.5 Discussion of the results
  5.3 Rotating flow of a third grade fluid by homotopy analysis method
   5.3.1 Mathematical formulation
   5.3.2 Solution of the problem
   5.3.3 Results and discussions
  5.4 Homotopy analysis for boundary layer flow of a micropolar fluid through a porous channel
   5.4.1 Description of the problem
   5.4.2 HAM solutions for velocity and micro-rotation fields
   5.4.3 Convergence of the solutions
   5.4.4 Results and discussion
  5.5 Solution of unsteady boundary-layer flow caused by an impulsively stretching plate
   5.5.1 Mathematical description
   5.5.2 Homotopy analytic solution
   5.5.3 Results and discussion
  References
 6 Further Applications of the Homotopy Analysis Method
  6.1 Series solutions of a nonlinear model of combined convective and radiative cooling of a spherical
   6.1.1 Basic equations
   6.1.2 Series solutions given by the HAM
   6.1.3 Result analysis
   6.1.4 Conclusions and discussions.
  6.2 An ill-posed problem related to the flow of a thin fluid film over a sheet
   6.2.1 Introduction and physical motivation
   6.2.2 Formulation of the three-parameter problem
   6.2.3 A related four-parameter ill-posed problem
   6.2.4 Analytical solution for f (η) via the homotopy analysis method.
   6.2.5 Results and discussion
  References
 Subject Index
 Author Index
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