A main theorem of spectral relationships for Volterra–Fredholm integral equation of the first kind and its applications

This paper is concerned to derive the main theorem of spectral relationships of Volterra–Fredholm integral equation (V‐FIE) of the first kind in the space L₂[?1,1]×C[0,T], ?1?x?1, 0?t?T<1. The Fredholm integral (FI) term is considered in position and its kernel takes a logarithmic form multiplying by a continuous function. While Volterra integral (VI) term in time with a positive continuous kernel. Many important special and new cases can be established from the main theorem. Moreover, we use it to solve V‐FIE of the second kind in the same space. The numerical results are computed and the error is calculated using Maple 12. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.