A note on the Fredholm property of partial integral equations of Romanovskij type (Q2567963)

The authors are concerned with necessary and sufficient conditions for the Fredholm property for some partial integral operators of the form \[ Lx(t, s)= \int^b_a k(t, s,\tau) x(\tau,s)\,d\tau\text{ or }Mx(t,s)= \int^b_a \int^b_a m(t,s,\tau,\sigma)\,d\tau\,d\sigma, \] and some linear combinations of such operators. The Fredholm property, with index zero, is valid for such combined operators in case and only in case an operator of the form shown above in \(L\), and appearing in the linear combination, enjoys the same property. The basic space is the space of continuous functions on the square \([a,b]\times[a, b]\), while the kernels involved must be in \(L^1\).