A note on collocation methods for Volterra integro-differential equations with weakly singular kernels (Q4024988)

This note is concerned with the use of spline collocation methods with graded meshes for the approximate numerical solution of the Abel-Volterra integro-differential equation: \[ y'(t)=f(t,y(t))+\int_ 0^ t(t-s)^{- \alpha} k(t,s,y(s))ds, \] \(0\leq t\leq T\), where \(0<\alpha<1\). The analysis is presented for the linear case when \(f(t,y)=a(t)y+b(t)\), and \(k(t,s,y)=K(t,s)y\), the author states that the extension for the nonlinear case is straightforward. The method is based on that of \textit{H. Brunner} [ibid. 6, 221-239 (1986; Zbl 0634.65142)] and some familiarity with this paper is expected since the proof of the main theorem refers to the Brunner paper for details. Error bounds are found. The note ends with a numerical example.