Numerical solution of nonlinear fractional-order Volterra integro-differential equations by SCW

Fractional calculus is an extension of derivatives and integrals to non-integer orders and has been widely used to model scientific and engineering problems. In this paper, we describe the fractional derivative in the Caputo sense and give the second kind Chebyshev wavelet (SCW) operational matrix of fractional integration. Then based on above results we propose the SCW operational matrix method to solve a kind of nonlinear fractional-order Volterra integro-differential equations. The main characteristic of this approach is that it reduces the integro-differential equations into a nonlinear system of algebraic equations. Thus, it can simplify the problem of fractional order equation solving. The obtained numerical results indicate that the proposed method is efficient and accurate for this kind equations.

► We solve fractional nonlinear Volterra integro-differential equation by wavelet.
► We construct the second kind Chebyshev wavelet (SCW).
► The convergence of SCW approximation method is proved.
► The operational matrix of fractional integration of the SCW is derived.