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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">journal-of-interdisciplinary-mathematics</journal-id>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Journal of Interdisciplinary Mathematics</journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn publication-format="electronic">2169-012X</issn>
      <issn publication-format="print">0972-0502</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Taru Publications</publisher-name>
      </publisher>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.47974/JIM-2589</article-id>
      <title-group>
        <article-title>Using ZMA-transform for solving the linear delay differential equations</article-title>
      </title-group>
      <contrib-group>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes">
          <name>
            <surname>Alwan</surname>
            <given-names>Zainab Mohammed</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Mathematics, College of Science, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq</aff>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <volume>29</volume>
      <issue>5-A</issue>
      <fpage>1327</fpage>
      <lpage>1333</lpage>
      <pub-date date-type="pub">
        <day>27</day>
        <month>06</month>
        <year>2026</year>
      </pub-date>
      <abstract>
        <p>In this operation, construct ZMA-transform (ZMAT) for solving initial-value problem (IVP) of linear first and second (1st and 2nd) order delay differential equation (DDEs), to realize this method produce provided theorem used it to solve applications to acquire the exact solution (EX).</p>
      </abstract>
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        <kwd>ZMA-transform</kwd>
        <kwd>Initial–value problem</kwd>
        <kwd>Exact solution</kwd>
        <kwd>Delay differential equation</kwd>
        <kwd>Integral transform</kwd>
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