Block-by-Block Method for Solving Nonlinear Volterra-Fredholm Integral Equation

We consider a nonlinear Volterra-Fredholm integral equation (NVFIE) of the second kind. The Volterra kernel is time dependent, and the Fredholm kernel is position dependent. Existence and uniqueness of the solution to this equation, under certain conditions, are discussed. The block-by-block method is introduced to solve such equations numerically. Some numerical examples are given to illustrate our results. 1. Introduction Different methods are used to solve integral equations which are investigated from many physical applications such as the mixed problems in the theory of elasticity. Popov [1] applied the orthogonal polynomials method to solve the mixed problem in the mechanics of continuous media. Badr [2] applied Toeplitz matrix method to solve a NVFIE. Abdou et al. [3] discussed the solution of Harmmerstein-Volterra integral equation of the second kind. In [4], Haci obtained, numerically, the solution of a system of Harmmerstein integral equations in the space . The equivalence between Volterra integral equation with degenerate kernel and a linear system of differential equations is mentioned by Cochran [5]. Although there are some works on Hermite-type collocation method for the second-kind VIEs with smooth kernels, not too many studies have dealt with weakly singular kernel. For example, Papatheodorou and Jesanis [6] used the collocation method and obtained the solution of Volterra integrodifferential equation with weakly singular kernels. More information about different analytical and numerical solutions of Volterra equations can be found in Davis [7], Linz [8], Volterra [9], and Wolkenfelt [10]. In this paper, we consider the following NVFIE: The existence of a unique solution for the above equation, under certain conditions, is granted using fixed point theorem, where is the Fredholm kernel and is the Volterra kernel. is called the free term, and the unknown function, , is called the potential function in the applied mathematics, and it will be determined. Both two functions and are assumed in the same space. The parameter has many physical meanings. A numerical method is applied to this equation, and it is reduced it to a system of Volterra integral equations of the second kind. Finally, the block-by-block method is used to obtain the numerical solution of this system. Some examples are stated to illustrate the results. 2. Existence and Uniqueness of Solution To guarantee the existence and uniqueness of solution to (1.1), we write (1.1) in the integral operator form where Also, we assume the following conditions: (i) and satisfies, in