On the discretization in time for a parabolic integrodifferential equation with a weakly singular kernel. I: Smooth initial data (Q687200)

The author studies the discretization in time for a parabolic integro- differential equation with a memory term containing a weakly singular kernel and smooth initial data. One uses a backward Euler method for the advancement in time and a discretized fractional calculus technique -- first suggested by C. Lubich -- for the nonlinear integro-differential part of the equation. The paper contains the existence and uniqueness results for the numerical solution, convergence and stability results for the approximate method and an application.