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Symbolic & Numeric Calculus

Solve a Volterra Integral Equation

Solve a Volterra integral equation using DSolveValue.

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eqn = y[x] == x^3 + \[Lambda] \!\( \*SubsuperscriptBox[\(\[Integral]\), \(0\), \(x\)]\(\((t - \ x)\) y[ t] \[DifferentialD]t\)\);
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sol = DSolveValue[eqn, y[x], x]
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Plot the solution for different values of λ.

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Plot[Table[sol, {\[Lambda], 1, 3, 0.5}] // Evaluate, {x, 0, 20}]
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Solve a weakly singular Volterra integral equation.

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eqn = y[x] == x^a - \!\( \*SubsuperscriptBox[\(\[Integral]\), \(0\), \(x\)]\( \*FractionBox[\(y[t]\), SqrtBox[\(x - t\)]] \[DifferentialD]t\)\);

Use DSolveValue to obtain an expression for the solution.

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sol = DSolveValue[eqn, y[x], x]
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Plot the solution.

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Plot[Table[sol, {a, 1, 4, 0.7}] // Evaluate, {x, 0, 2}]
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