%0 Journal Article
%T Direct Block Predictor-Corrector Method for the Solution of General Fourth Order Odes
%A Bola Titilayo Olabode
%A Alabi T. J.
%J Journal of Mathematics Research
%D 2013
%I 
%R 10.5539/jmr.v5n1p26
%X This article presented the direct block predictor-corrector method for solving general higher order initial value problems of ordinary differential equation. Method of collocation and interpolation of power series approximate solution was used to derive a continuous linear multistep method. Block method was later used to generate the non overlapping solution at selected grid points. The method developed, is self starting, consistent, symmetric, zero-stable and convergent. The performance of the new block method was tested with some fourth order initial value problems and it was found to compare favorably with the existing methods.
%U http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jmr/article/view/18605