A new temporal basis function for the time-domain integral equation method

A new temporal basis function that has all-order continuous derivative has been constructed using a nonlinear optimization scheme. This new basis function provides a much more stable explicit marching-on-in-time (MOT) solution, based on the time-domain integral equation (TDIE) method, than that presently available. Two examples are presented to illustrate the superior stability of the proposed temporal basis function.