A M\"untz-collocation spectral method for weakly singular Volterra delay-integro-differential equations

Abstract

A M\"untz spectral collocation method is implemented for solving weakly singular Volterra integro-differential equations (VDIEs) with proportional delays. After constructing the numerical scheme to seek an approximate solution, we derive error estimates in a weighted $L^2$ and $L^{\infty}$-norms. A rigorous proof reveals that the proposed method can handle the weak singularity of the exact solution at the initial point $t=0$, with the numerical errors decaying exponentially in certain cases. Moreover, several examples will illustrate our convergence analysis.