Projection methods based on spline quasi-interpolation for Urysohn integral equations

Abstract

In this paper we propose projection methods based on spline quasi-interpolating projectors of degree $d$ and class $C^{d-1}$ on a bounded interval for the numerical solution of nonlinear integral equations. We prove that they have high order of convergence $2d+2$ if $d$ is odd and $2d+3$ if $d$ is even. We also present the implementation details of the above methods. Finally, we provide numerical tests, that confirm the theoretical results. Moreover, we compare the theoretical and numerical results with those obtained by using a collocation method based on the same spline quasi-interpolating projectors.