scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1941953
An equation of the following form is considered \[ M \Biggl(\int_{-L}^Lu(s) ds \Biggr)u(x)=f(x,u(x),u(-x)), \] with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions. It is assumed that the function \(M\) is continuous and positive, bounded out from zero by a positive constant \(\delta\) and that \(f\in C^1\) satisfies the following inequality \[ |f(x,p,q)|\leq a|p|+b|q|+c, \] where \(a\), \(b\), \(c\) are positive and \(a+b<{{\delta \pi^2}\over 4L^2}\). It is proved that the iteration process starting from an arbitrary continuous function \(u^0\) \[ u^{k+1}(x)={1\over 2L}\int_{-L}^L{G(x,s){f(s,u^k(s),u^k(-s))\over M(\int_{-L}^Lu^k(s) ds)}} ds, \] with the Green function \[ G(x,s)=\begin{cases} (s+L)(x-L) &-L\leq s\leq x\leq L,\\ (x+L)(s-L) &-L\leq x\leq s\leq L, \end{cases} \] converges in the space of continuous functions on \([-L,L]\) with the norm ``sup to the unique solution of the problem, provided that certain inequalities involving constants \(a\), \(b\), \(c\), \(\|u^0\|\), \(M\), \(f\) and first partial derivatives of \(f\) hold. The same iterative process, but with integrals replaced by Romberg numerical quadrature formulas is used to numerical solution of the problem. Numerical tests show rather rapid convergence on the considered examples, even when not all assumptions in the existence theorem are satisfied. Reviewers's remark: It seems to the reviewer that not all constants in the convergence proof are properly chosen. It is not very essential for the existence theorem in general, but may explain why the iteration process works also out of the supposed range.
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