a b s t r a c tContinuum hypothesis on nanoscales is invalid, and a differential-difference model is considered as an alternative approach to describing discontinued problems. This paper applies the homotopy perturbation method to a nonlinear differential-difference equation arising in nanotechnology. Comparison of the approximate solution with the exact one reveals that the method is very effective.
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