Numerical solutions for weakly singular Hammerstein equations and their superconvergence (Q1195891)

\textit{G. Vainikko} and \textit{P. Uba} [J. Aust. Math. Soc., Ser. B 22, 431- 438 (1981; Zbl 0475.65084)] used piecewise continuous polynomial collocation for solving linear Fredholm integral equations of the second kind whose kernels contain weak singularities of the types \(| t- s|^{-\alpha}\) (\(0<\alpha<1\)) or \(\log | t-s|\), and they proved that local superconvergence can occur if the underlying mesh is suitably graded. The present paper extends these results to weakly singular nonlinear Fredholm integral equations of Hammerstein type. In addition, the authors analyze the order of convergence of the modified collocation method of \textit{S. Kumar} and \textit{I. H. Sloan} [Math. Comp. 48, 585-593 (1987; Zbl 0616.65142)] when the method is applied to these nonlinear integral equations. Two numerical examples illustrate the theory.