Existence and uniqueness of the solution of nonlinear fuzzy Volterra integral equations

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Department of mathematics, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

2 Department of mathematics, Hamedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan, Iran

Abstract

In this paper the fixed point theorem of Schauder is used to prove the existence of a continuous solution of the nonlinear fuzzy Volterra integral equations. Then using some conditions the uniqueness of the solution is investigated.

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