hp-Version discontinuous Galerkin finite element method for semilinear parabolic problems

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1544-1569

  Lasis, Andris ^a   Süli, Endre ^b  

^a Merrill Lynch International   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discontinuous Galerkin methods; hp finite element methods; Semilinear parabolic PDEs

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ERROR ANALYSIS; GALERKIN METHODS; LINEAR EQUATIONS; MATERIALS SCIENCE; SPACE TIME ADAPTIVE PROCESSING;

DIRICHLET; DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN FINITE-ELEMENT METHOD; DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN METHODS; ERROR BOUNDS; HP-FINITE ELEMENT METHODS; HP-VERSION; LIPSCHITZ CONTINUOUS; NEUMANN BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; NON LINEARITIES; NON-HOMOGENEOUS; PARABOLIC EQUATIONS; SEMI LINEAR PARABOLIC PROBLEMS; SEMILINEAR; SEMILINEAR PARABOLIC PDES; SPATIAL MESHES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 49449086902     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/050642125     Document Type: Article

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