Solving of Linear Volterra-Fredholm Integral Equations via Modification of Block Pulse Functions

Abstract

A computational method based on modification of block pulse functions is proposed for solving numerically the linear Volterra-Fredholm integral equations. We obtain integration operational matrix of modification of block pulse functions on interval [0,T). A modification of block pulse functions and their integration operational matrix can be reduced to a linear upper triangular system. Then, the problem under study is transformed to a system of linear algebraic equations which can be used to obtain an approximate solution of  linear Volterra-Fredholm integral equations. Furthermore, the rate of convergence is  O(h) and error analysis of the proposed method are investigated. The results show that the approximate solutions have a good of efficiency and accuracy.