integral equation
mathematics
- Key People:
- David Hilbert
- Niels Henrik Abel
- Vito Volterra
- Ivar Fredholm
- Related Topics:
- kernel
- equation
- Wiener-Hopf integral equation
- Dirichlet kernel
integral equation, in mathematics, equation in which the unknown function to be found lies within an integral sign. An example of an integral equation isin which f(x) is known; if f(x) = f(-x) for all x, one solution is