Wiener-Hopf equation: Kernels representable as a superposition of complex-valued exponents

Abstract

The paper studies the Wiener-Hopf equations with kernels representable as superposition of complex-valued exponents. Such kernels arise in the kinetic gas theory, in the radiation transfer, etc. By application of a special, three-factor expansion of the initial uninvertible operator, the solution of the considered equation is reduced to those of two simple Volterra equations and a Wiener-Hopf integral equation with a contractive operator. A structural existence theorem is proved.