An H1-galerkin mixed finite element method for an evolution equation with a positive-type memory term

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1475-1490

  Pani, Amiya K ^a   Fairweather, Graeme ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Backward Euler method; Evolution equation; Flux estimates; H 1Galerkin; LBB condition; Mixed finite element method; Optimal error estimates; Positive type memory; Semidiscrete schemes; Several space variables

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; GALERKIN METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EVOLUTION EQUATIONS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0141645578     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036142900372318     Document Type: Article

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