International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Volume 30 (2002), Issue 3, Pages 129-143
doi:10.1155/S016117120201325X

Singularly perturbed Volterra integral equations with weakly singular kernels

Angelina Bijura1,2

1Department of Mathematics, University of Dar es Salaam, P.O. Box 35062, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
2Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa

Received 9 May 2001; Revised 25 September 2001

Copyright © 2002 Angelina Bijura. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

We consider finding asymptotic solutions of the singularly perturbed linear Volterra integral equations with weakly singular kernels. An interesting aspect of these problems is that the discontinuity of the kernel causes layer solutions to decay algebraically rather than exponentially within the initial (boundary) layer. To analyse this phenomenon, the paper demonstrates the similarity that these solutions have to a special function called the Mittag-Leffler function.