Chebyshev wavelet method for numerical solution of Fredholm integral equations of the first kind (Q980556)

Summary: A computational method for solving Fredholm integral equations of the first kind is presented. The method utilizes Chebyshev wavelets constructed on the unit interval as basis in the Galerkin method and reduces the solving of the integral equation to the solving of a system of algebraic equations. The properties of Chebyshev wavelets are used to make the wavelet coefficient matrices sparse which eventually leads to the sparsity of the coefficient matrix of the obtained system. Finally, numerical examples are presented to show the validity and efficiency of the technique.