Rigorous convergence analysis of Jacobi spectral Galerkin methods for Volterra integral equations with noncompact kernels (Q2332710)

The following weakly singular Volterra integral equation with noncompact kernel in the form \[ u(\xi)= \int^\xi_0\frac {\tau^{\alpha-1}} {\xi^\alpha} R(\xi,\tau)u(\tau)d\tau+\hat f(\xi),\ \ \xi\in[0,L], \] \((\alpha>0\), \(R(\xi,\tau)\), \(\hat f(\xi)\) are smooth functions) is considered in this paper. The authors apply Jacobi-Galerkin methods (spectral and nonspectral) to solve this given equation. Gauss quadrature rules are used for approximation of the integral and convergence analysis in \(L_\infty\) and \(L_2\) weighted norms is studied. The developed theory is verified by several numerical examples.