High-order smoothness and high-order collocation approximation for Volterra integral equation with multiscale and nonlinear exponent kernel

Abstract

We consider a Volterra integral equation with multiscale and nonlinear exponent kernel. We propose the high-order smoothing conditions, under which the initial singularity of the solutions can be eliminated up to any prescribed order. This indicates the application of the multiscale nature of the kernel on local modification of the solutions. Then a discontinuous high-order collocation method with arbitrary polynomial degree is developed and analyzed on uniform or graded meshes based on the solution regularity. This work serves as a comprehensive extension and complement to [Zheng, Qiu and Stynes, SIAM J. Numer. Anal., to appear] in both mathematical and numerical aspects.