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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 February 2009
Given a Fredhoim integral equation of the second kind, which is defined over a certain region
⊆ R2, we define
and
, two different numerical approximations to its solution, using the collocation and iterated collocation methods respectively. We describe without proof some known results concerning the general convergence properties of
and
when the kernel and solution of the integral equation are smooth. Then, we prove rigorously order of convergence estimates for
and
which are applicable in the practically siginificant case when
is a rectangle, and the kernel of the integral equation is weakly singular. These estimates are illustrated by the numerical solution of a two dimensional weakly singular equation which arises in electrical engineering.