Definition:Integral Equation of the Second Kind/Homogeneous
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Definition
An integral equation of the second kind
- $\map g x = \map f x + \lambda \ds \int_{\map a x}^{\map b x} \map K {x, y} \map g y \rd x$
is described as homogeneous if and only if $\map f x \equiv 0$.
That is, if it is of the form:
- $\map g x = \lambda \ds \int_{\map a x}^{\map b x} \map K {x, y} \map g y \rd x$
where:
- $\map K {x, y}$ is a known function
- $\map a x$ and $\map b x$ are known functions of $x$, or constant
- $\map g x$ is an unknown function.
Kernel
The function $\map K {x, y}$ is known as the kernel of the integral equation.
Parameter
The number $\lambda$ is known as the parameter of the integral equation.
Also see
- Results about integral equations of the second kind can be found here.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): integral equation
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): integral equation