He's variational iteration method for solving a semi-linear inverse parabolic equation

Most scientific problems and physical phenomena occur nonlinearly. Except in a limited number of these problems, we have difficulty in finding their exact analytical solutions. A new analytical method called He's variational iteration method (VIM) is introduced to be applied to solve nonlinear equations. In this work VIM is used for finding the solution of a semi-linear inverse parabolic equation. In this method, general Lagrange multipliers are introduced to construct correction functionals for the problems. The multipliers can be identified optimally via the variational theory. The results are compared with the exact solutions.