Numerical solutions of nonlinear fractional model arising in the appearance of the strip patterns in two-dimensional systems

Abstract

Abstract The main aim of this paper is to present a comparative study of modified analytical technique based on auxiliary parameters and residual power series method (RPSM) for Newell–Whitehead–Segel (NWS) equations of arbitrary order. The NWS equation is well defined and a famous nonlinear physical model, which is characterized by the presence of the strip patterns in two-dimensional systems and application in many areas such as mechanics, chemistry, and bioengineering. In this paper, we implement a modified analytical method based on auxiliary parameters and residual power series techniques to obtain quick and accurate solutions of the time-fractional NWS equations. Comparison of the obtained solutions with the present solutions reveal that both powerful analytical techniques are productive, fruitful, and adequate in solving any kind of nonlinear partial differential equations arising in several physical phenomena. We addressed $L_{2}$ L 2 and $L_{\infty }$ L ∞ norms in both cases. Through error analysis and numerical simulation, we have compared approximate solutions obtained by two present aforesaid methods and noted excellent agreement. In this study, we use the fractional operators in Caputo sense.