Product integral

Not to be confused with Volterra integral equation.

A product integral is any product-based counterpart of the usual sum-based integral of calculus. The product integral was developed by the mathematician Vito Volterra in 1887 to solve systems of linear differential equations.[1][2]

  1. ^ V. Volterra, B. Hostinský, Opérations Infinitésimales Linéaires, Gauthier-Villars, Paris (1938).
  2. ^ A. Slavík, Product integration, its history and applications, ISBN 80-7378-006-2, Matfyzpress, Prague, 2007.