Numerical solutions for weakly singular Volterra integral equations using Chebyshev and Legendre pseudo-spectral Galerkin methods (Q293091)

The authors present and analyze Chebyshev and Legendre pseudo-spectral methods for solving second kind Volterra integral equations with weakly singular kernel \((x-s)^{-\mu}\), \(0<\mu<1\). A Gauss-type quadrature formula is used for the approximation of the integral operators. Convergence analysis in \(L^\infty\) and \(L^2_\omega\) is also studied. The theory is supported by numerical examples.