Volterra Integral Equations

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This book looks at the theories of Volterra integral and functional equations.

Simple, clear exposition of the Fredholm theory for integral equations of the second kind of Fredholm type. A brief treatment of the Volterra equation is also included. An outstanding feature is a table comparing finite dimensional spaces to function spaces. ". . . An excellent presentation."—Am. Math. Monthly. Translated from second revised (1951) Russian edition. Bibliography.

Volterra Integral and Differential Equations

This text begins with simple examples of a variety of integral equations and the methods of their solution, and progresses to become gradually more abstract and encompass discussions of Hilbert space. 1977 edition.

The book deals with linear integral equations, that is, equations involving an unknown function which appears under the integral sign and contains topics such as Abel's integral equation, Volterra integral equations, Fredholm integral integral equations, singular and nonlinear integral equations, orthogonal systems of functions, Green's function as a symmetric kernel of the integral equations.

Most mathematicians, engineers, and many other scientists are well-acquainted with theory and application of ordinary differential equations. This book seeks to present Volterra integral and functional differential equations in that same framwork, allowing the readers to parlay their knowledge of ordinary differential equations into theory and application of the more general problems. Thus, the presentation starts slowly with very familiar concepts and shows how these are generalized in a natural way to problems involving a memory. Liapunov's direct method is gently introduced and applied to many particular examples in ordinary differential equations, Volterra integro-differential equations, and functional differential equations. By Chapter 7 the momentum has built until we are looking at problems on the frontier. Chapter 7 is entirely new, dealing with fundamental problems of the resolvent, Floquet theory, and total stability. Chapter 8 presents a solid foundation for the theory of functional differential equations. Many recent results on stability and periodic solutions of functional differential equations are given and unsolved problems are stated. Smooth transition from ordinary differential equations to integral and functional differential equations Unification of the theories, methods, and applications of ordinary and functional differential equations Large collection of examples of Liapunov functions Description of the history of stability theory leading up to unsolved problems Applications of the resolvent to stability and periodic problems