An H1-galerkin mixed finite element method for parabolic partial differential equations

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 712-727

  Pani, Amiya K ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Backward Euler's method; Elliptic projection; Error estimates; Gronwall's lemma; H1 Galerkin; Lbb condition; Mixed finite element method; Parabolic initial and boundary value problem; Semidiscrete scheme

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039497039     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036142995280808     Document Type: Article

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