Approximating Cauchy-type singular integral by an automatic quadrature scheme (Q555151)

The authors consider the product indefinite integral \[ Q(f,x,y,c)=\int_x^y\frac{f(t)}{\sqrt{1-t^2}(t-c)}dt,\quad -1\leq x,y\leq 1,\;c\in (-1,1)\tag{1} \] and construct an automatic quadrature scheme for approximating the Cauchy singular integral (1) by using Chebyshev truncated series of the first kind. Some properties of Chebyshev polynomials of the first and second kind and interpolation problems are described. The convergence problem of the approximate method is discussed in the classes of functions \(C^{N+1,\alpha}[-1,1]\) and \(L_p^w[-1,1]\). Numerically, it is found that when the singular point \(c\) either lies in or outside the interval \((x,y)\) or comes closer to the end points of the interval \([-1,1]\), the proposed scheme gives a very good agreement with the exact solution. This results in the line of theoretical findings.