Abstract
In this work, we combine the Natural Transform and generalized-Laplace Transform into a new transform called, the Natural Generalized-Laplace Transform, (NGLT) and some of its properties are provided. Moreover, the existence condition, convolution theorem, periodic theorem, and non-constant coefficient partial derivatives are proved with some details. The (NGLT) is applied to gain the solutions of linear telegraph and partial integro-differential equations. Also, we obtained the solution of the singular one-dimensional Boussinesq equation by employing the Natural Generalized-Laplace Transform Decomposition Method, (NGLTDM).
Keywords:
Natural Generalized Laplace Transform; inverse Natural Generalized-Laplace Transform; singular Boussinesq equation; single Natural Transform; Natural Generalized-Laplace Transform Decomposition Methods; partial derivative MSC:
35A44; 65M44; 35A22
1. Introduction
Partial differential equations (PDEs) play a fundamental role across numerous disciplines, including physics, engineering, and the broader sciences. In recent years, there has been growing scholarly interest in developing analytical techniques for solving both ordinary differential equations (ODEs) and PDEs, driven by the need for precise and efficient models of complex phenomena; for example, in [1], the authors addressed the solution of both linear and nonlinear integro-differential equations defined on arbitrary time scales by employing the Laplace-Adomian Decomposition Method (LADM). In [2], the authors employed both the classical Adomian Decomposition Method (ADM) and its improved variant (IADM) to investigate the computational significance of the GI equation in modeling shock wave phenomena, using a benchmark exact soliton solution for validation. In [3], the authors employed the Sumudu Transform Adomian Decomposition Method (STADM) to obtain solutions to the n-generalized Korteweg–de Vries (KdV) equation within the framework of fractional calculus. In [4], the authors derived solutions to the telegraph equation and a class of partial integro-differential equations by employing the Double Laplace Transform technique. In [5], the Double Laplace Transform was employed to obtain solutions for the heat, wave, and Laplace equations involving convolution terms. In [6] the authors used the finite integral transform method to derive exact bending solutions for fully clamped orthotropic rectangular thin plates subjected to arbitrary loading conditions. Natural Transform was first obtained by [7], and later its properties were discussed by [8,9]. The Natural Decomposition Method was used to solve a coupled system of nonlinear PDEs; see [10]. In [11] the authors successfully applied the Natural Homotopy Perturbation Method to obtain analytical solutions for both linear and nonlinear Schrödinger equations. In [12], the researchers extended the concept of the one-dimensional Natural Transform to a two-dimensional framework, referred to as the Double Natural Transform. This generalized approach was subsequently applied to derive solutions for linear telegraph equations, wave equations, and partial integro-differential equations. The Natural Transform Decomposition Method (NTDM) has proven to be an effective analytical tool for deriving solutions to partial differential equations [13,14]. Linear and nonlinear Boussinesq equations serve as mathematical models for a wide range of scientific, engineering, and technological processes, including the simulation of water flow in unconfined aquifers. To construct both general and periodic solutions to the Boussinesq equation, researchers have employed the Modified Decomposition Method as an effective analytical approach in [15,16]. This study proposes analytical solutions for non-homogeneous telegraphic equation, partial integro-differential equations and the singular one-dimensional Boussinesq equation by employing the Natural Generalized-Laplace Transform (NGLT), and the Natural Generalized-Laplace Transform Decomposition Method (NGLTDM), respectively. This analytical technique examines how the solutions of the differential equations can be approximated.
Remark 1.
Throughout this study, we adopt the following abbreviations:
- (1) (GLT) instead of ”Generalized-Laplace Transform”.
- (2) (NT) instead of ” Natural transform”.
- (3) (NGLT) instead of ” Natural Generalized-Laplace Transform”.
- (4) (INGLT) instead of ” Inverse Natural Generalized-Laplace Transform”.
- (5) (NGLTDM) instead of ” Natural Generalized-Laplace Transform Decomposition Method”.
Let us recall the definitions of the Natural Transform (NT) and Generalized-Laplace Transform (GLT), respectively.
Definition 1.
Over the set of functions
the Natural Transform (NT) is defined by
where the variables u and p are complex variables of the (NT); for more details we refer to [7,8].
Definition 2
([17]). Let be an integrable function, for all . The Generalized-Laplace Transform of the function is given by
for, and .
In the following sections, we address the main results of this work.
2. Properties of Natural Generalized-Laplace Transform
Here we explain the basic ideas and properties of the (NGLT) utilized in the consequence.
where denotes the (NGLT). The inverse Natural Generalized-Laplace Transform (INGLT) is described by
Remark 2.
From the definition of (NGLT), we generate the following transformation:
- 1.
- Setting and , we gained double Sumudu transform
- 2.
- Setting and we obtained Double Laplace Transform as
- 3.
- Setting and we obtained Laplace–Yang Transform
The next examples are useful in this paper.
Example 1.
The (NGLT) of the function is granted by
Example 2.
The (NGLT) of is denoted by
where n is a positive integer. If and are real numbers, then
then it follows from the definition of (NGLT) that
by substituting , and one gets
where gamma functions of a and b are defined by the uniformly convergent integral as follows.
- Existence Condition for the (NGLT):
If is an exponential order c and d as , if there exists a positive constant M such that for all and
it is straightforward to gain,
Or equally,
where and The function is named an exponential order as , and obviously, it does not grow faster than as .
Theorem 1.
If a function is continuous in every bounded interval and and of exponential order , then the (NGLT) of , which is determined by , exists .
Proof.
□
Theorem 2.
Assume that the (NGLT) of the function exists and is a periodic function of periods M and T where , hence
Proof.
By using definition of (NGLT), we have
Let and the last integral in the R.H.S; thus we have
by using the relation the above equation becomes
hence
therefore
□
- The Natural Transform of the convolution product:
Theorem 3.
The (NGLT) of the functions and exists. Then (NGLT) of the double convolution of the and ,
specified by
where and are the (NGLT) of the functions and , respectively, and the variables and s are the complex variables of the (NGLT).
Proof.
Utilizing the definition of the (NGLT) and double convolution yields that
putting and and stretching the upper boundaries of integrals to , means that
where the functions , are defined at Hence , are zero at , therefore
Thus
□
- The fundamental properties of the (NGLT) of partial derivatives:
If the (NGLT) of the function is given by then the (NGLT) of and are granted by
and
In the next theorem, we discuss the (NGLT) of the functions , and . The following theorem has two proofs: In the first proof, we apply the derivative with respect to p, and in the second proof employ the derivative with respect to u, as follows.
Theorem 4.
If the (NGLT) of the partial derivatives and are denoted by Equations (10) and (11), then the (NGLT) of the , , and with respect to p, are given by
and with respect to u are granted by
and
First: We prove Equations (12)–(14) by taking the derivative with respect to
Proof.
Utilizing the definition of the (NGLT) of the first-order partial derivatives, one gains
and by taking the derivative with respect to p for both sides of Equation (61), we have
and we obtain
Similarly, we can prove Equations (13) and (14). □
3. Application of the (NGLT) to the Partial Differential Equation
This section’s main aim is to examine the utilization of the (NGLT) for solving partial differential equations. Here, we suggest two important problems.
Example 3.
Consider the non-homogeneous telegraphic equation granted by
having boundary conditions
subject to initial condition
On using the (NGLT) for Equation (21), Generalized-Laplace Transform for Equation (22), and Natural Transform for Equation (23), we have
and
By substituting Equations (25) and (26) into Equation (24), we obtain
therefore
Applying the (INGLT) for Equation (27), we obtain the solution of Equation (24) as follows
Figure 1a shows the variation solution of the non-homogeneous telegraphic equation in Equation (24) with respect to time at , while Figure 1b presents the variation of with respect to space at . Figure 1c illustrates the three-dimensional surface plot of , highlighting its behavior in both the space and the time domains.
Figure 1.
(a) The function ; at . (b) The function . at . (c) The surface of the function .
- Partial integro-differential equation:
Assume that the partial integro-differential equation is denoted as follows,
B.C
I.C
where , , and are known functions. Employing the (NGLT) for Equation (28), (GLT) for Equation (29), and Natural Transform (NT) for Equation (30) and using Theorem 3, we yield
and
By replacing Equations (32) and (33) into Equation (31), we will gain
taking the inverse (NGLT) for Equation (34), we get
This depends on if the (INLGT) for the right-hand side of Equation (35) exists. In the following example let and as
Example 4.
Figure 2a depicts the variation solution of the partial integro-differential equation in Equation (39) with time at , whereas Figure 2b illustrates its variation with space at . Figure 2c presents the three-dimensional surface plot of , providing a comprehensive representation of its behavior across both spatial and temporal domains.

Figure 2.
(a) The function . at . (b) The function . at . (c) The surface of the function .
4. The Natural Generalized-Laplace Transform Decomposition Method (NGLTDM) Applied to the Singular One-Dimensional Boussinesq Equation
In this section, we explain how to use the (NGLTDM) to solve a singular one-dimensional Boussinesq equation:
First problem: Let the following general linear singular one-dimensional Boussinesq equation be given by
with conditions
where , , and are given functions. To obtain the solution of Equation (40), the following steps are wanted.
Step 1. Multiply both sides of Equation (40) by and using the (NGLT) with the new equation, (NT) for Equation (8), and using Equations (13) and (11), we get
where
by simplifying Equation (42), we have
by multiplying Equation (43) by we have
by taking the integral for Equation (44) from 0 to p with regards toto p and multiplying the outcome by , we get
where is the (NGLT) of the function and and are (NT) of the functions and , respectively, and the (NGLT) with respect to , t is defined by .
Step 3. The (NGLTDM) is defined as the solution by the infinite series as follows:
Replacing Equation (47) into Equation (46) and using
we have
Consequently, the approximate solution to Equation (3) is obtained by substituting Equations (49)–(53) into Equation (47) as outlined below
where the (INGLT) is denoted by . Here, we provided that the (INGLT) exists for each term on the right-hand side of all the above equations. We solve the following example to demonstrate the applicability of this method to solving the singular one-dimensional Boussinesq equation.
Convergence:
Theorem 5.
Let and in which B indicates the Banach space and suppose that is the exact solution to Equation (55). The obtained findings are converged to if , the Cauchy sequence , so that, ,
Proof.
Indicate that is a Cauchy sequence in using the definition of the sequence
of partial sums of the series of Equation (54) as follows
to illustrate that is a Cauchy sequence in Banach space B. Therefore, we consider
for a partial sum and by using the above triangle inequality for we obtain
from we realize that thus
since bounded, consequently at . Hence, the sequence represents a Cauchy sequence in the Banach space B; then the series solution of Equation (54) is converged, which completes the proof of theorem. □
In the next example, we apply our method.
Example 5.
Consider a singular one-dimensional Boussinesq equation
subject to initial condition
by multiplying Equation (55) by x and using the (NGLT) to the new equation, (NT) for Equation (56), and using the utilizing Equations (13) and (11), we obtain,
hence
by integrating both sides of Equation (58) from 0 to p with respect to p, we have
On using the (INGLT) to Equation (59), we gain
putting Equation (47) into Equation (60) we will get
By using the (NGLTDM), we have
and
now the components of the series solution at we have
by similar way, at we get
and at
Therefore, the approximate solution of Equation (55) granted by
Hence, the exact solution is given by
Figure 3a illustrates the variation of the function , as defined in Equation (55), with time at , while Figure 2c displays the three-dimensional surface plot of , offering a comprehensive depiction of its behavior across both space and time domains.
Figure 3.
(a) The function . at . (b) The surface of the function .
Below, we will solve Example 5, using Equation (16) and the (NGLTDM). By the multiplication of Equation (55) by x, the (NGLT) to the new equation, and (NT) for Equations (11), (16) and (56), one can obtain,
hence
by integrating both sides of Equation (62) from 0 to u with respect to u, divide the result by and using the (INGLT) we will get
by substituting Equation (47) into Equation (63) one can get
By utilizing the (NGLTDM), we have
and
by using the components of the series solution at we will get
in a similar way, at we get
and at
In a similar way, we find that Consequently the approximate solution of Equation (55) is granted by
Hence, the exact solution is given by
5. Conclusions
This paper establishes the definition of the Natural Generalized-Laplace Transform (NGLT) along with its inverse formulation. In addition, several fundamental properties of the (NGLT) are systematically derived. Furthermore, several illustrative examples and applications of the Natural Generalized-Laplace Transform (NGLT) are presented. The results obtained in Examples 3 and 4 are consistent with those reported in [4] while the outcome of Example 5 aligns with the findings in [18]. Future research will aim to extend the framework of the Natural Generalized-Laplace Transform (NGLT) to encompass a wider spectrum of engineering and scientific problems characterized by fractional-order derivatives.
Funding
This work supported by the Ongoing Research Funding Program (ORF-2025-948), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Data Availability Statement
No new data were created or analyzed in this study. Data sharing is not applicable to this article.
Conflicts of Interest
The author declares no conflict of interest.
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