Singular asymptotic expansion and Legendre collocation method for two-term weakly singular Volterra integral equation of the second kind

Abstract

This paper develops a singularity-separation Legendre collocation method for solving two-term linear Volterra integral equation with algebraic and logarithmic singular kernels. The psi-series solution at the origin is obtained by an efficient Picard iteration, which is very accurate near the origin. By splitting the interval into a singular subinterval and a regular one, the equation is converted to one with a sufficiently smooth solution on the regular interval, which is discretized by the Legendre collocation method. The efficient computational process is discussed in detail, and the convergence under the square norm is proved. Finally, three numerical examples, including a Caputo fractional differential equation and a Basset equation with initial conditions, are provided to illustrate the efficiency and accuracy of the proposed singularity-separation method.