Iterative schemes for linear equations of the second kind and related inverse problems

Abstract

This paper consists of two parts. The first one deals with the generation of an iterative algorithm to obtain an approximate solution of a linear equation of the second kind in a Banach space. This generation is based on a perturbed version of the geometric series theorem which, in particular, allows us to find a family of unisolvent linear Fredholm integral equations of the second kind, even when the associated linear operator has norm greater than or equal to 1. When we consider Fredholm equations of this type and linear Volterra integral equations of second kind, the numerical schemes obtained when appropriate Schauder bases are also introduced in the spaces where the equations operate, enable us to approximate their respective solutions iteratively. The second part of this work focuses on the design of a numerical method for solving an inverse problem associated with a linear equation of the second kind in a Banach space, a method which we apply to problems of parameter estimation related to the two classes of integral equations mentioned above.