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In this article, Laplace decomposition method (LDM) is applied to obtain series solutions of classical Blasius equation. The technique is based on the application of Laplace transform to nonlinear Blasius flow equation. The nonlinear term can easily be handled with the help of Adomian polynomials. The results of the present technique have closed agreement with series solutions obtained with the help of Adomian decomposition method (ADM), variational iterative method (VIM) and homotopy perturbation method (HPM).
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Khan, M., Hussain, M. Application of Laplace decomposition method on semi-infinite domain. Numer Algor 56, 211–218 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11075-010-9382-0
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