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Recent advances in the numerical analysis of Volterra functional differential equations with variable delays (English)
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4 June 2009
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The author considers initial value problems of a linear (ordinary) delay differential equation involving Volterra integral operators, i.e., a Volterra functional integro-differential equation (VFIDE). Thereby, the delay is a predetermined nonlinear time-dependent function, which may be equal to zero at the beginning (vanishing delay). Omitting the integral operators, the linear delay differential equation reduces to the pantograph equation, [cf. \textit{M. Arnold} and \textit{B. Simeon} [Appl. Numer. Math. 34, 345--362 (2000; Zbl 0964.65101)]. Considering the VFIDE, a collocation method is constructed straightforward using piecewise polynomials of degree not exceeding \(m\) on a uniform mesh. In case of non-vanishing delay, previous work shows an optimal global (uniform) superconvergence of order \(m+1\), whereas the optimal local superconvergence exhibits the order \(2m\) in the collocation points. In case of vanishing delay, the author proves an optimal global (uniform) convergence of order \(m\) and an optimal local superconvergence of order \(m+2\) for \(m \geq 3\). The generalisation of the results to a VFIDE of second order is outlined. Finally, the author specifies some open problems in this context, for example, the asymptotic behaviour of the exact solutions or of the numerical solutions for VFIDEs. Numerical results of test examples are not within the scope of the paper. Since the author wants to provide a survey on recent results, a huge number of references is given.
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Volterra functional integro-differential equations
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delay differential equations
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vanishing delays
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Volterra integral operator
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pantograph equation
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collocation method
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superconvergence
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error analysis
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uniform mesh
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