A numeric–analytic method for time-fractional Swift–Hohenberg (S–H) equation with modified Riemann–Liouville derivative

Abstract

In this paper, the fractional variational iteration method (FVIM) was applied to obtain the approximate solutions of time-fractional Swift–Hohenberg (S–H) equation with modified Riemann–Liouville derivative. A new application of fractional variational iteration method (FVIM) was extended to derive analytical solutions in the form of a series for these equations. Numerical results showed the FVIM is powerful, reliable and effective method when applied strongly nonlinear equations with modified Riemann–Liouville derivative.