Modular Convergence Theorems for Integral Operators in the Context of Filter Exhaustiveness and Applications

We prove some modular convergence theorems for nonlinear Urysohn-type integral operators, applying filter convergence of sequences of functions. We give some applications to Mellin operators, including moment, Mellin-Poisson-Cauchy and Mellin-Gauss-Weierstrass operators. We show that our results are proper extensions of the classical ones, and we pose an open problem.     

Modular filter convergence theorems for Urysohn integral operators and applications

We prove some versions of modular convergence theorems for nonlinear Urysohn-type integral operators with respect to filter convergence. We consider pointwise filter convergence of functions giving also some applications to linear and nonlinear Mellin operators. We show that our results are strict extensions of the classical ones.     

On a class of exponential-type operators and their limit semigroups

The paper is mainly focused upon the study of a class of second order degenerate elliptic operators on unbounded intervals.We show that these operators generate strongly continuous semigroups in suitable weighted spaces of continuous functions.Furthermore, we represent the semigroups as limits of iterates of the so-called exponential-type operators.In a particular case, starting from the stochastic differential equations associated with these operators, we also find an integral representation of the semigroup and determine its asymptotic behaviour.     

A spline collocation method for parabolic pseudodifferential equations

The purpose of this paper is to examine a boundary element collocation method for some parabolic pseudodifferential equations. The basic model problem for our investigation is the two-dimensional heat conduction problem with vanishing initial condition and a given Neumann or Dirichlet type boundary condition. Certain choices of the representation formula for the heat potential yield boundary integral equations of the first kind, namely the single layer and the hypersingular heat operator equations. Both of these operators, in particular, are covered by the class of parabolic pseudodifferential operators under consideration. Moreover, the spatial domain is allowed to have a general smooth boundary curve. As trial functions the tensor products of the smoothest spline functions of odd degree (space) and continuous piecewise linear splines (time) are used. Stability and convergence of the method is proved in some appropriate anisotropic Sobolev spaces.     

On the construction of a nonnegative solution for one class of Urysohn-type nonlinear integral equations on a semiaxis

We investigate one class of Urysohn-type nonlinear integral equations with noncompact operator. It is assumed that a Wiener–Hopf–Hankel-type linear integral operator is a local minorant for the initial Urysohn operator. We prove an alternative theorem on the existence of positive solutions and investigate the asymptotic behavior of the obtained solutions at infinity.     

Functions orthogonal to polynomials and their application in axially symmetric problems in physics

We investigate properties of sets of functions comprising countably many elements A_n such that every function A_n is orthogonal to all polynomials of degrees less than n. We propose an effective method for solving Fredholm integral equations of the first kind whose kernels are generating functions for these sets of functions. We study integral equations used to solve some axially symmetric problems in physics. We prove that their kernels are generating functions that produce functions in the studied families and find these functions explicitly. This allows determining the elements of the matrices of systems of linear equations related to the integral equations for considering the physical problems.     

On Volterra partial integral equations in the space of continuous functions of three variables

It is well known that any Volterra integral equation of the second kind with compact operator is uniquely solvable. Partial integral operators are not compact, even in the general case of continuous kernels. Unique solvability conditions for Volterra partial integral equations of the second kind in the space of continuous functions of three variables are considered. Conditions for a Volterra partial integral equation to be equivalent to a three-dimensional Volterra integral equation with compact operator are obtained. Continuum analogues of matrix equations for some problems of scattering theory are reduced to the Volterra partial integral equations under examination. __________ Translated from Sovremennaya Matematika i Ee Prilozheniya (Contemporary Mathematics and Its Applications), Vol. 38, Suzdal Conference-2004, Part 3, 2006.     

Linear functional equations of the first, second, and third kind in L 2

Under consideration are the functional equations of the first, second, and third kind with operators in wide classes of linear continuous operators in L ₂ containing all integral operators. We propose methods for reducing these equations by linear invertible changes either to linear integral equations of the first kind with nuclear operators or to equivalent linear integral equations of the second kind with quasidegenerate Carleman kernels. Some various approximate methods of solution are applicable to the so-obtained integral equations.     

Convolution factorability of bilinear maps and integral representations

In this paper we consider a special class of continuous bilinear operators acting in a product of Banach algebras of integrable functions with convolution product. In the literature, these bilinear operators are called ‘zero product preserving’, and they may be considered as a generalization of Lamperti operators. We prove a factorization theorem for this class, which establishes that each zero product preserving bilinear operator factors through a subalgebra of absolutely integrable functions. We obtain also compactness and summability properties for these operators under the assumption of some classical properties for the range spaces, as the Dunford–Pettis property or the Schur property and we give integral representations by some concavity properties of operators. Finally, we give some applications for integral transforms, and an integral representation for Hilbert–Schmidt operators.     

On a Reliable Solution of a Volterra Integral Equation in a Hilbert Space

We consider a class of Volterra-type integral equations in a Hilbert space. The operators of the equation considered appear as time-dependent functions with values in the space of linear continuous operators mapping the Hilbert space into its dual. We are looking for maximal values of cost functionals with respect to the admissible set of operators. The existence of a solution in the continuous and the discretized form is verified. The convergence analysis is performed. The results are applied to a quasistationary problem for an anisotropic viscoelastic body made of a long memory material.     

Convergence of spline collocation for Volterra integral equations

Estimates for step-by-step interpolation projections are established. Depending on the spectrum of the transfer matrix these estimates allow to obtain the pointwise convergence of the projectors to the identity operator or, in some limit cases, to prove stable convergence of the corresponding approximate operators of integral equations. This, via general convergence theorems for operator equations, permits to get the convergence of collocation method for Volterra integral equations of the second kind in spaces of continuous or certain times continuously differentiable functions. Applications in the case of the most practical types of splines are analyzed.     

Integral equations of the third kind with unbounded operators

We consider linear functional equations of the third kind in L ₂ with arbitrary measurable coefficients and unbounded integral operators with kernels satisfying broad conditions. We propose methods for reducing these equations by linear continuous invertible transformations either to equivalent integral equations of the first kind with nuclear operators or to equivalent integral equations of the second kind with quasidegenerate Carleman kernels. To the integral equations obtained after the reduction, one can apply various exact and approximate methods of solution; in particular, the two approximate methods developed in this article.     

The norm and the essential norm of the double layer elastic and hydrodynamic potentials in the space of continuous functions

We study a class of matrix integral operators which appear as limit values of the double layer potentials. We find general representations for the norms and for the essential norms of such operators in the space of continuous vector-valued functions. These representations are specified for boundary integral operators of linear isotropic elasticity theory and hydrodynamics of viscous incompressible fluid under the assumption that there is an angle point on the boundary of a plane domain and a conic point or an edge on the boundary of a three-dimensional domain.     

Evolution Systems for Differential Equations with Variable Time Lags

We consider nonautonomous retarded functional differential equations under hypotheses which are designed for the application to equations with variable time lags, which may be unbounded, and construct an evolution system of solution operators which are continuously differentiable. These operators are defined on manifolds of continuously differentiable functions. The results apply to pantograph equations and to nonlinear Volterra integro-differential equations, for example. For linear equations we also provide a simpler evolution system with solution operators on a Banach space of continuous functions.     

Rational interpolation and approximate solution of integral equations

In the space of continuous periodic functions, we construct interpolation rational operators, use them to obtain quadrature formulas with positive coefficients which are exact on rational trigonometric functions of order 2n, and suggest an algorithm for an approximate solution of integral equations of the second kind. We estimate the accuracy of the approximate solution via the best trigonometric rational approximations to the kernel and the right-hand side of the integral equation.     

Singular Integral Operators with Cauchy Kernel in Fractional Spaces

We single out the Besov spaces that embed into the class of continuous functions and enjoy the Fredholm theory of linear singular integral equations with Cauchy kernel. We give basic results of this theory in the class of continuous (rather than Holder continuous) functions in terms of Besov spaces. Alongside elliptic operators we consider violations of ellipticity: the degeneration of the symbol of an operator at finitely many points.     

On One Class of Operators Associated with Differential Equations of Fractional Order

We carry out spectral analysis of one class of integral operators associated with fractional order differential equations applicable in mechanics. We establish connection between the eigenvalues of these operators and the zeros of Mittag-Leffler type functions. We give sufficient conditions for complete nonselfadjointness.     

Application of the Fourier Transform to the Solution of Singular Integral Equations

A method for solving a certain system of singular integral equations with constant coefficients is proposed. It is based on a procedure for reducing singular equations to equations with continuous difference kernel; the solution of the latter is constructed by using the classical Fourier transform in the class of absolutely integrable functions. Explicit expressions for the solution of the singular integral equations under consideration are obtained.     

Infinite Systems of Hyperbolic Functional Differential Equations

We consider initial-value problems for infinite systems of first-order partial functional differential equations. The unknown function is the functional argument in equations and the partial derivations appear in the classical sense. A theorem on the existence of a solution and its continuous dependence upon initial data is proved. The Cauchy problem is transformed into a system of functional integral equations. The existence of a solution of this system is proved by using integral inequalities and the iterative method. Infinite differential systems with deviated argument and differential integral systems can be derived from the general model by specializing given operators.     

Spectral decomposition of self-adjoint cyclically compact operators and partial integral equations

We prove a spectral decomposition theorem for self-adjoint cyclically compact operators on Hilbert–Kaplansky module over a ring of bounded measurable functions. We apply this result to partial integral equations on the space with mixed norm of measurable functions. We give a condition of solvability of partial integral equations with self-adjoint kernel.