THE METHOD OF NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF NONLINEAR VOLTERRA INTEGRAL EQUATIONS OF THE FIRST KIND

Abstract

When considering systems of differential equations with very general boundary conditions, exact solution methods encounter great difficulties, which become insurmountable in the study of nonlinear problems. In this case it is necessary to apply to certain numerical methods. It is important to note that the use of numerical methods often allows you to abandon the simplified interpretation of the mathematical model of the process. The problems of numerical solution of nonlinear Volterra integral equations of the first kind with a differentiable kernel, which degenerates at the initial point of the diagonal, are studied in the paper. This equation is reduced to the Volterra integral equation of the third kind and a numerical method is developed on the basis of that regularized equation. The convergence of the numerical solution to the exact solution of the Volterra integral equation of the first kind is proved, an estimate of the permissible error and a recursive formula of the computational process are obtained. Keywords: nonlinear integral equation, system of nonlinear algebraic equations, error vectors, the Volterra equation, small parameter, numerical methods.