Volterra integral equations

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Volterra integral equations are a class of integral equations, often used in physics and biology, where the integration limits involve a variable upper bound, modeling systems with memory or hereditary effects.

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instanceOf integral equation
appearsIn hereditary population models
mathematical biology
canBeDiscretizedBy Galerkin methods NERFINISHED
collocation methods
finite difference methods
canBeTransformedTo differential equation
characterizedBy integration over past history
contrastedWith Fredholm integral equation NERFINISHED
hasApplication epidemiological models
hereditary mechanics
neutron transport
population growth with memory
viscoelasticity
hasFirstKindForm f(t) = ∫_a^t K(t,s) y(s) ds
hasHistoricalDevelopmentPeriod early 20th century
hasIndependentVariable time
hasIntegrationLimitType variable upper limit
hasKernel Volterra kernel NERFINISHED
hasMathematicalForm y(t) = f(t) + ∫_a^t K(t,s) y(s) ds
hasProperty causal
initial-value character
triangular integration domain
hasSecondKindForm y(t) = f(t) + ∫_a^t K(t,s) y(s) ds
hasSolutionSpace function space
hasType Volterra equation of the first kind NERFINISHED
Volterra equation of the second kind NERFINISHED
linear Volterra integral equation
nonlinear Volterra integral equation
hasVolterraOperator Volterra integral operator NERFINISHED
kernelDependsOn time variables t and s
models hereditary effects
systems with memory
namedAfter Vito Volterra NERFINISHED
relatedTo Volterra series NERFINISHED
convolution integral
requiresCondition kernel regularity for existence and uniqueness
solvedBy Laplace transform NERFINISHED
Neumann series NERFINISHED
quadrature methods
resolvent kernel method
successive approximations
studiedIn functional analysis
integral equation theory
usedIn biology
control theory
engineering
physics
population dynamics

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Vito Volterra knownFor Volterra integral equations