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most citedBlasius Problem and Falkner-Skan model: Töpfer's Algorithm and its Extension

32 citations · 133 across the 25 of their papers we have counts for

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math.NA2020

A Non-Iterative Transformation Method Applied to Boundary-Layer Flows of Non-Newtonian Fluids Past a Flat Plate

Riccardo Fazio

In this paper, we define a non-iterative transformation method for boundary-layer flows of non-Newtonian fluids past a flat plate. The problem to be solved is an extended Blasius p…

math.NA2020

An Iterative Transformation Method for a Similarity Boundary Layer Model

Riccardo Fazio

In this paper, within scaling invariance theory, we define and apply to the numerical solution of a similarity boundary layer model an iterative transformation method. The boundary…

math.NA2020

A Non-Iterative Transformation Method for Boundary-Layer with Power-Law Viscosity for Newtonian Fluids

Riccardo Fazio

In this paper, we have defined and applied a non-ITM to an extended Blasius problem describing a 2D laminar boundary-layer with power-law viscosity for Newtonian fluids. For a part…

math.NA2020

Existence and Uniqueness of BVPs Defined on Semi-Infinite Intervals: Insight from the Iterative Transformation Method

Riccardo Fazio

This work is concerned with the existence and uniqueness of boundary value problems defined on semi-infinite intervals. These kinds of problems seldom admit exactly known solutions…

math.NA2020

Numerical Transformation Methods for a Moving-Wall Boundary Layer Flow of a Rarefied Gas Free Stream over a Moving Flat Plate

Riccardo Fazio

The first contribution of this paper is the extension of the non-iterative transformation method, proposed by Töpfer more than a century ago and defined for the numerical solution…

math.NA2020

Free Boundary Formulation for Boundary Value Problems on Semi-Infinite Intervals: An up to Date Review

Riccardo Fazio

In this paper, we propose a review of the free boundary formulation for BVPs defined on semi-infinite intervals. The main idea and theorem are illustrated, for the reader convenien…

math.NA2020

Free Boundary Formulations for two Extended Blasius Problems

Riccardo Fazio

In this paper, we have defined the free boundary formulation for two extended Blasius problems. These problems are of interest in boundary layer theory and are deduced from the gov…

math.NA2020

A Front Fixing Implicit Finite Difference Method for the American Put Options Model

Riccardo Fazio, Alessandra Insana, Alessandra Jannelli

In this paper, we present an implicit finite difference method for the numerical solution of the Black-Scholes model of American put options without dividend payments. We combine t…

math.NA2020★ 7 cited

A Non-Iterative Transformation Method for an Extended Blasius Problem

Riccardo Fazio

In this paper we define a non-iterative transformation method for an Extended Blasius Problem. The original non-iterative transformation method, which is based on scaling invarianc…

math.NA2020

The Non-Iterative Transformation Method

Riccardo Fazio

The Blasius flow is the idealized flow of a viscous fluid past an infinitesimally thick, semi-infinite flat plate. The definition of a non-iterative transformation method for the c…

math.NA2020

A Non-Standard Finite Difference Scheme for MHD Boundary Layer Fluid Flow

Riccardo Fazio, Alessandra Jannelli

This paper deals with a non-standard finite difference scheme defined on a quasi-uniform mesh for approximate solutions of the MHD boundary layer flow of an incompressible fluid pa…

math.NA2020

A Non-Iterative Transformation Method for a Class of Free Boundary Value Problems Governed by ODEs

Riccardo Fazio, Salvatore Iacono

The aim of this work is to point out that the class of free boundary problems governed by second order autonomous ordinary differential equations can be transformed to initial valu…

math.NA2018★ 1 cited

A Finite Difference Method on Quasi-uniform Mesh for Time-Fractional Advection-Diffusion Equations with Source Term

Riccardo Fazio, Alessandra Jannelli

The present paper deals with the numerical solution of time-fractional advection-diffusion equations involving the Caputo derivative with source term by means of an unconditionally…

q-fin.MF2015★ 1 cited

A Posteriori Error Estimator for a Front-Fixing Finite Difference Scheme for American Options

Riccardo Fazio

For the numerical solution of the American option valuation problem, we provide a script written in MATLAB implementing an explicit finite difference scheme. Our main contribute is…

math.NA2015

A Posteriori Error Estimator for a Non-Standard Finite Difference Scheme Applied to BVPs on Infinite Intervals

Riccardo Fazio, Alessandra Jannelli

In this paper, we present a study of an a posteriori estimator for the discretization error of a non-standard finite difference scheme applied to boundary value problems defined on…

math.NA2015★ 11 cited

A Non-Iterative Transformation Method for Blasius Equation with Moving Wall or Surface Gasification

Riccardo Fazio

We define a non-iterative transformation method for Blasius equation with moving wall or surface gasification. The defined method allows us to deal with classes of problems in boun…

math.NA2014★ 2 cited

Perpetual American Put Option: an Error Estimator for Non-Standard Finite Difference Scheme

Riccardo Fazio

In this paper we present a MATLAB version of a non-standard finite difference scheme for the numerical solution of the perpetual American put option models of financial markets. Th…

math.NA2014★ 27 cited

The Iterative Transformation Method for the Sakiadis Problem

Riccardo Fazio

In a transformation method the numerical solution of a given boundary value problem is obtained by solving one or more related initial value problems. This paper is concerned with…

math.NA2014★ 3 cited

Free Boundary Formulation for BVPs on a Semi-Infinite Interval and Non-Iterative Transformation Methods

Riccardo Fazio

This paper is concerned with two examples on the application of the free boundary formulation to BVPs on a semi-infinite interval. In both cases we are able to provide the exact so…

math.NA2013★ 2 cited

A Non-Iterative Transformation Method for Newton's Free Boundary Problem

Riccardo Fazio

In book II of Newton's "Principia Mathematica" of 1687 several applicative problems are introduced and solved. There, we can find the formulation of the first calculus of variation…

physics.flu-dyn2013★ 7 cited

An Analytical and Numerical Study of Liquid Dynamics in a 1D Capillary under Entrapped Gas Action

Riccardo Fazio, Salvatore Iacono

Capillary dynamics has been and is yet an important field of research, because of its very relevant role played as the core mechanism at the base of many applications. In this cont…

math.NA2013

Numerical Methods for a Nonlinear BVP Arising in Physical Oceanography

Riccardo Fazio, Alessandra Jannelli

In this paper we report and compare the numerical results for an ocean circulation model obtained by the classical truncated boundary formulation, the free boundary approach and a…

math.NA2012★ 32 cited

Blasius Problem and Falkner-Skan model: Töpfer's Algorithm and its Extension

Riccardo Fazio

In this paper, we review the so-called Töpfer algorithm that allows us to find a non-iterative numerical solution of the Blasius problem, by solving a related initial value problem…

math.NA2012★ 9 cited

Scaling Invariance and the Iterative Transformation Method for a Class of Parabolic Moving Boundary Problems

Riccardo Fazio

In this paper we apply a scaling invariance analysis to reduce a class of parabolic moving boundary problems to free boundary problems governed by ordinary differential equations.…