Piecewise homotopy perturbation method for solving linear and nonlinear weakly singular VIE of second kind (Q544082): Difference between revisions

The authors consider approximate methods for the solution of linear and nonlinear weakly singular Volterra integral equations (VIEs) \[ u(x) - \int^x_0 \frac{k(x,t,u(t))}{|x-t|^\alpha}dt = f(x), \tag{1} \] \(0<\alpha <1,\) \(0 \leq x \leq 1.\) For strongly nonlinear equations with non smooth kernels \(k(x,t,u(t))\) they propose a transformation of the equations (1) to equations with smooth kernels. The transformed equations are decided with a modified homotopy perturbation method.