International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 46376, 15 pages
doi:10.1155/IJMMS/2006/46376

Polynomial approach for the most general linear Fredholm integrodifferential-difference equations using Taylor matrix method

Mehmet Sezer and Mustafa Gülsu

Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Mugla University, Mugla 48000, Turkey

Received 3 February 2005; Revised 28 March 2006; Accepted 11 May 2006

Copyright © 2006 Mehmet Sezer and Mustafa Gülsu. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

A Taylor matrix method is developed to find an approximate solution of the most general linear Fredholm integrodifferential-difference equations with variable coefficients under the mixed conditions in terms of Taylor polynomials. This method transforms the given general linear Fredholm integrodifferential-difference equations and the mixed conditions to matrix equations with unknown Taylor coefficients. By means of the obtained matrix equations, the Taylor coefficients can be easily computed. Hence, the finite Taylor series approach is obtained. Also, examples are presented and the results are discussed.