Piecewise homotopy perturbation method for solving linear and nonlinear weakly singular VIE of second kind (Q544082)

The authors consider approximate methods for the solution of linear and nonlinear weakly singular Volterra integral equations (VIEs) \[ u(x) - \int^x_0 \frac{k(x,t,u(t))}{|x-t|^\alpha}dt = f(x), \tag{1} \] \(0<\alpha <1,\) \(0 \leq x \leq 1.\) For strongly nonlinear equations with non smooth kernels \(k(x,t,u(t))\) they propose a transformation of the equations (1) to equations with smooth kernels. The transformed equations are decided with a modified homotopy perturbation method.