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This paper presents a Modified Power Series Method (MPSM) for the solution of delay differential equations. Unlike the traditional power series method which is applied to solve only linear differential equations, this new approach is applicable to both linear and nonlinear problems. The method produces a system of algebraic equations which is solved to determine the coefficients in the trial solution. The method provides the solution in form of a rapid convergent series. The obtained results for numerical examples demonstrate the reliability and efficiency of the method.

In this work, an orthogonal polynomial with weight function w(x) =x2 + x + 1 in the interval [-1, 1] was constructed and used as the basis function to develop block methods, using collocation and interpolation approach. An efficient class of continuous and discrete numerical integration schemes of implicit hybrid form for third-order problems were developed and successfully implemented. Three different problems were solved with these schemes and they performed favourably. The investigation, using the appropriate existing theorems, shows that the methods are consistent, zero-stable and hence, convergent.