Advantages of the Discrete Stochastic Arithmetic to Validate the Results of the Taylor Expansion Method to Solve the Generalized Abel’s Integral Equation

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to apply the Taylor expansion method to solve the first and second kinds Volterra integral equations with Abel kernel. This study focuses on two main arithmetics: the FPA and the DSA. In order to apply the DSA, we use the CESTAC method and the CADNA library. Using this method, we can find the optimal step of the method, the optimal approximation, the optimal error, and some of numerical instabilities. They are the main novelties of the DSA in comparison with the FPA. The error analysis of the method is proved. Furthermore, the main theorem of the CESTAC method is presented. Using this theorem we can apply a new termination criterion instead of the traditional absolute error. Several examples are approximated based on the FPA and the DSA. The numerical results show the applications and advantages of the DSA than the FPA.

Keywords

• generalized Abel’s integral equation
• Taylor expansion method
• Discrete Stochastic Arithmetic
• CESTAC method
• CADNA library