Abstract
In this paper, we substantiate the analytical approximate method for Cauchy problem of the Van der Pol equation in the complex domain. These approximate solutions allow analytical continuation for both real and complex cases. We follow the influence of variation in the initial data of the problem in order to control the computational process and improve the accuracy of the final results. Several simple applications of the method are given. A numerical study confirms the consistency of the developed method.
1. Introduction
As noted in [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12], the Van der Pol equation has numerous applications: for instance, self-oscillation theory, nonlinear and symplectic dynamics, aerodynamics, biology, modelling of the processes in the human body, and in models of artificial intelligence, neural networks, biophysics, etc. The equation is also used in chaos theory [13,14] and in seismology when modelling geological faults [15].
The methodology for studying the Van der Pol equation refers mainly to the methods of qualitative differential equations theory and asymptotic methods [7,16,17,18]. This equation does not have an exact, analytic solution [19].
Let us note that the Van der Pol equation and its generalizations have been studied for the presence of symmetries. In particular, symmetry analysis [20] and study of the impact of symmetries on the occurrence of periodic solutions in systems of Van der Pol Equations [21] can be applied to the research of this equation.
The Van der Pol equation is a non-linear differential equation, is not solvable in quadratures, and has movable singular points in the complex plane [22]. The fact of the existence of movable singular points and the uniqueness of a solution of the Van der Pol equation for complex domain have been proven [23].
The article considers a modification of the Cauchy method, which allows for the construction of an analytical approximate solution with a given accuracy, indicating an estimate of the error of the resulting solution. It has been shown that influencing the variation in the initial data of the problem can gain control over the computational process and improve the accuracy of the final results. In [24], substantiation of an analytical approximation in solving some nonlinear differential equation in vicinity of movable singular points was presented.
These ideas were developed for other nonlinear differential equations in [23,25]. In particular, the existence of movable singular points in the Van der Pole equation has been proven in [23]. A generalization of the modified majorant method for third-order nonlinear differential equation in the domain of analyticity was represented in [25]. An analytical approximate solution was built, taking into account the solution search domain.
This article contains a continuation of the research in article [24].
2. Methods of Research and Results
We consider the initial problem for the Van der Pol equation in the complex domain
where and is a parameter.
In [24], an approximate solution for the initial problem was set
for some domain of initial data (2) and where represents the coefficients. When implementing the analytical continuation [26,27] of the solution (3), we face a mathematical problem concerning the influence of variation in the initial data on the solution (3). In this case, Formula (3) will change to the form
where represents the coefficients related to the modified initial data
The following theorem allows us to obtain a prior error estimation for solutions (4) and (5).
Theorem 1.
Proof.
Applying the majorant method [24,27], we obtain
Estimation for was done in [24]
it is valid in the domain
Let us consider the quantity :
where . Let us prove the accuracy of the estimation for when
To prove inequality (7), we will use the recurrence relation for coefficients [24]
where the following definitions are used
Thus, we obtain
Taking into account estimations for [24] and
after some transformations we derive the inequalities
Further, for we obtain
Because the estimation for is valid in the domain
the theorem holds in the domain
□
Theorem 2.
Proof.
Similarly to Theorem 1, we have
When , in [24] an estimation for the was found
Let us strengthen this estimation
Taking into account estimation (9), we obtain
and it is valid in the domain
As in the case of Theorem 1, we obtain an estimation for Taking into account the condition , we obtain
Therefore, for we find the following estimation
in the domain
where
We will define
and thereby complete the proof of Theorem 2. □
3. Numerical Study
Let us demonstrate the usage of the results of Theorems 1 or 2 depending on the value of the parameter a on the examples.
The corresponding calculations were performed in Mathematica system [28].
Taking into account the recurrence Formula (8), we find an explicit form of several coefficients which are necessary to calculate the approximate solution:
3.1. Example 1
Consider Equation (1), when . We set the initial conditions (5)
The variation in the initial data is
Based on Theorem 1, we find the radius of the analytic continuation Taking into account the value of the radius , we choose the value Using Formulas (4), (10), and (11), we obtain the structure of the analytic continuation of the approximate solution
The characteristics of the approximate solution (12) are presented in Table 1.
Table 1.
Numerical characteristics of example 1.
Here, is an approximate solution, is a prior error estimation, and is a posterior error estimation. For a posterior estimation , we choose in the structure of the approximate solution (12). For an approximate solution (12) the values has the calculation error (Theorem 1). The summands from the 11th to 42nd in total do not exceed . Therefore, in the resulting domain has the accuracy .
3.2. Example 2
We consider Equation (1), when . Using Theorem 2 for the initial conditions (5)
and variations in the initial data
we find the radius and value Using Formulas (4), (10), and (13), we obtain an approximate solution
The characteristics of the approximate solution (14) are presented in Table 2.
Table 2.
Numerical characteristics of example 2.
3.3. Example 3
We consider Equation (1), when (using Theorem 2). For initial conditions
and their variations
we calculate the radius and value Using Formulas (4), (10), and (15), we obtain an approximate solution
The values of the approximate solution (16) and its characteristics are presented in Table 3.
Table 3.
Numerical characteristics of example 3.
4. Conclusions
In the present paper, we have presented results on the study of the analytical approximate solution of the Van der Pol equation in the analyticity domain. We have examined dependence of such an approximation on small changes in the initial data. This permits us to perform analytical continuation on the considered nonlinear equation. The theoretical studies are verified by numerical analysis. Optimization of an a priori estimate is carried out using an a posteriori estimate.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization, V.O.; methodology, V.O.; validation, A.C.; formal analysis, V.O. and A.C.; investigation, V.O. and A.C.; resources, V.O. and A.C.; data curation, V.O. and A.C.; writing—original draft preparation, V.O. and A.C.; supervision, V.O.; project administration, V.O.; funding acquisition, V.O. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
Funding
This research received no external funding.
Institutional Review Board Statement
Not applicable for research that does not involve humans or animals.
Informed Consent Statement
Not applicable for studies that did not involve humans.
Data Availability Statement
The statistical data presented in the article do not require copyright. They are freely available and are listed at the reference address in the bibliography.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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