The superconvergence of the composite midpoint rule for the finite-part integral

Abstract

The composite midpoint rule is probably the simplest one among the Newton–Cotes rules for Riemann integral. However, this rule is divergent in general for Hadamard finite-part integral. In this paper, we turn this rule to a useful one and, apply it to evaluate Hadamard finite-part integral as well as to solve the relevant integral equation. The key point is based on the investigation of its pointwise superconvergence phenomenon, i.e., when the singular point coincides with some a priori known point, the convergence rate of the midpoint rule is higher than what is globally possible. We show that the superconvergence rate of the composite midpoint rule occurs at the midpoint of each subinterval and obtain the corresponding superconvergence error estimate. By applying the midpoint rule to approximate the finite-part integral and by choosing the superconvergence points as the collocation points, we obtain a collocation scheme for solving the finite-part integral equation. More interesting is that the inverse of the coefficient matrix of the resulting linear system has an explicit expression, by which an optimal error estimate is established. Some numerical examples are provided to validate the theoretical analysis.