Solution of second kind Fredholm integral equations by means of Gauss and anti-Gauss quadrature rules

This paper is concerned with the numerical approximation of Fredholm integral equations of the second kind. A Nystrom method based on the anti-Gauss quadrature formula is developed and investigated in terms of stability and convergence in appropriate weighted spaces. The Nystrom interpolants corresponding to the Gauss and the anti-Gauss quadrature rules are proved to furnish upper and lower bounds for the solution of the equation, under suitable assumptions which are easily verified for a particular weight function. Hence, an error estimate is available, and the accuracy of the solution can be improved by approximating it by an averaged Nystrom interpolant. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is illustrated through different numerical tests.