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Integral equations are classified in three ways. There are thus eight kinds of integral equations.

1. If the limits of integration are fixed, it is called a Fredholm equation. If one limit of integration is variable, it is called a Volterra equation .
2. If the unknown function appears only under the integral sign, it is called an integral equation of the first kind. If the unknown function appears both inside and outside the integral sign, it is called an integral equation of the second kind.
3. If the known function f (see below) is identically zero, it is called a homogeneous integral equation. If f is nonzero, it is called an inhomogeneous integral equation.

As examples of four types of integral equations (lumping homogeneous and inhomogeneous equations together) we have the following. The notation follows Arfken. Here φ is the unknown function, f is a known function, and K is another known function of two variables, often called the kernel function. The parameter λ is an unknown factor, which plays the same role as the eigenvalue in linear algebra.

A Fredholm equation of the first type:

A Fredholm equation of the second type:

A Volterra equation of the first type:

A Volterra equation of the second type:

Integral equations are important in many applications. Problems in which integral equations are encountered include

Oscillation problems may also be solved as differential equations.

1 References

• George Arfken and Hans Weber. Mathematical Methods for Physicists. Harcourt/Academic Press, 2000.

2 See also

• Fredholm operator
• Volterra operator
• Hilbert-Schmidt operator

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