Technische Universitat¨ Graz Space–time finite element methods for parabolic evolution equations: Discretization, a posteriori error estimation, adaptivity and solution O. Steinbach, H. Yang Berichte aus dem Institut f ¨ur Angewandte Mathematik Bericht 2018/9 Technische Universitat¨ Graz Space–time finite element methods for parabolic evolution equations: Discretization, a posteriori error estimation, adaptivity and solution O. Steinbach, H. Yang Berichte aus dem Institut f ¨ur Angewandte Mathematik Bericht 2018/9 Technische Universitat¨ Graz Institut f¨ur Angewandte Mathematik Steyrergasse 30 A 8010 Graz WWW: http://www.applied.math.tugraz.at c Alle Rechte vorbehalten. Nachdruck nur mit Genehmigung des Autors. Space{time finite element methods for parabolic evolution equations: Discretization, a posteriori error estimation, adaptivity and solution Olaf Steinbach1, Huidong Yang2 1Institut f¨urAngewandte Mathematik, TU Graz, Steyrergasse 30, 8010 Graz, Austria
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[email protected] Abstract In this work, we present an overview on the development of space{time finite element methods for the numerical solution of some parabolic evolution equations with the heat equation as a model problem. Instead of using more standard semi{ discretization approaches such as the method of lines or Rothe's method, our specific focus is on continuous space{time finite element discretizations in space and time simultaneously. While such discretizations bring more flexibility to the space{time finite element error analysis and error control, they usually lead to higher compu- tational complexity and memory consumptions in comparison with standard time{ stepping methods. Therefore, progress on a posteriori error estimation and respective adaptive schemes in the space{time domain is reviewed, which aims to save a number of degrees of freedom, and hence reduces complexity, and recovers optimal order er- ror estimates.