Modified homotopy analysis method for solving systems of second-order BVPs

In this paper, a new modification of the homotopy analysis method (HAM) is presented for solving systems of second-order boundary-value problems (BVPs). The main advantage of the modified HAM (MHAM) is that one can avoid the uncontrollability problems of the nonzero endpoint conditions encountered in the standard HAM. Numerical comparisons show that the MHAM is more efficient than the standard HAM. (c) 2007 Published by Elsevier B.V.