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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Applied Mathematics and Decision Sciences Volume 2008, Article ID 605064, 10 pages doi:10.1155/2008/605064 Research Article Analytic Solution of Multipantograph Equation Fadi Awawdeh,1 Ahmad Adawi,1 and Safwan Al-Shara’2 1 Department of Mathematics, Hashemite University, Zarqa 13115, Jordan 2 Department of Mathematics, Tafila Technical University, Tafila 66110, Jordan Correspondence should be addressed to Fadi Awawdeh, awawdeh@.jo Received 19 May 2008; Accepted 25 September 2008 Recommended by Graham Wood We apply the homotopy analysis method HAM for solving the multipantograph equation. The analytical results have been obtained in terms of convergent series with easily computable components. Several examples are given to illustrate the efficiency and implementation of the homotopy analysis method. Comparisons are made to confirm the reliability of the homotopy analysis method. Copyright q 2008 Fadi Awawdeh et al. 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. 1. Introduction The delay differential equation k y t λy t μ y f t , t 0, i i i1 1.1 y 0 y0, where λ, μ , μ , . . . , μ , y ∈ C, has been studied by numerous authors e.g., 1–8. Second- 1 2 k 0 order versions of thi