On Bateman's method for second kind integral equations (Q1069290)

Under suitable conditions, we prove the convergence of the Bateman method for integral equations defined over bounded domains in \({\mathbb{R}}^ d\), \(d\geq 1\). The proof makes use of Hilbert space methods, and requires the integral operator to be non-negative definite. For one-dimensional integral equations over finite intervals, estimated rates of convergence are obtained which depend on the smoothness of the kernel, but are independent of the inhomogeneous term. In particular, for a \(C_{\infty}\) kernel and n reasonably spaced Bateman points, the convergence is shown to be faster than any power of 1/n. Numerical calculations support this result.