Volume 18, Issue 44 (10-2009)
Abstract
Hybrid of rationalized Haar functions are developed to approximate the solution of the differential equations. The properties of hybrid functions which are the combinations of block-pulse functions and rationalized Haar functions are first presented. These properties together with the Newton-Cotes nodes are then utilized to reduce the differential equations to the solution of algebraic equations. The method is computationally attractive, and applications are demonstrated through illustrative examples.
