Solution of Volterra operator-integral equations in the nonregular case by the successive approximation method

Abstract

The branches of solutions of a nonlinear integral equation of Volterra type in a Banach space are constructed by the successive approximation method. We consider the case in which a solution may have an algebraic branching point. We reduce the equation to a system regular in a neighborhood of the branching point. Continuous and generalized solutions are considered. General existence theorems are used to study an initial-boundary value problem with degeneration in the leading part.