Classical Way of Looking at the Lane-Emden Equation

Abstract

In this article, the well-known approximate and analytical solutions of the Lane-Emden equation applying Taylor series expansion are derived. To the best of author's knowledge nobody has overcome the singularity of the Lane-Emden equation at the origin as it is carried out here

Keywords

• Lane-Emden equation,Taylor series expansion,exact solution

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