On the solutions of linear Volterra equations of the second kind with sum kernels

DOI10.1216/JIE.2020.32.429MaRDI QIDQ2656978zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors P.-L. Giscard

Publication date 17 March 2021

Published in Journal of Integral Equations and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.04033, https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.jiea/1609815758

zbMATH Keywords

degenerate kernelsHeun functionslinear Volterra integral equationsNeumann seriesseparable kernelsum kernels

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Other functions defined by series and integrals (33E20) Linear integral equations (45A05) Volterra integral equations (45D05)

Abstract: We consider a linear Volterra integral equation of the second kind with a sum kernel $K(t^{\prime },t)=su{m}_i{K}_i(t^{\prime },t)$ and give the solution of the equation in terms of solutions of the separate equations with kernels $K_i$, provided these exist. As a corollary, we obtain a novel series representation for the solution with improved convergence properties. We illustrate our results with examples, including the first known Volterra equation solved by Heun's confluent functions. This solves a long-standing problem pertaining to the representation of such functions. The approach presented here has widespread applicability in physics via Volterra equations with degenerate kernels.

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