Some peculiarities of approximation methods for singular integral equations with conjugation (Q1601156)

The authors consider approximate methods for the solution of singular integral equations \[ \begin{multlined} (Au)(t) \equiv a(t) u(t)+\frac{b(t)}{\pi i} \int_{\Gamma} \frac{u(\tau)d\tau}{\tau-t}+c(t)\overline{u(t)}+\frac{d(t)}{\pi i} \int_{\Gamma} \frac{\overline{u(\tau)}d\tau}{\tau-t}+\\+\int_{\Gamma}K_1(t,\tau)u(\tau)d\tau +\int_{\Gamma}K_2(t,\tau) \overline{u(\tau)}d\tau=f(t), \end{multlined}\tag{1} \] \(t \in \Gamma,\) where \(u(t)\) is the unknown function, \(\overline {u(t)}\) its complex conjugate, and \(\Gamma\) is an open or closed piecewise smooth curve in the complex plane \(C.\) Stability criteria for approximate solution of the equation (1) are investigated. For the stability conditions the authors associate with every investigated approximation method for (1) and every point \(\tau\) of \(\Gamma\) a certain ``model'' operator \(A_r\), which reflects the local behaviour of the sequence of the approximation operators at the point \(\tau.\) They prove that the approximation method is stable if and only if the operator A as well as all operators \(A_\tau\) are invertible.