A note on the \(H^1\)-convergence of the overlapping Schwarz waveform relaxation method for the heat equation (Q2249827)

The authors study the overlapping Schwarz waveform relaxation (SWR), which is a parallel iterative method for solving time-dependent partial differential equations. It has been shown by \textit{P. L. Lions} [in: Domain decomposition methods, Proc. 2nd Int. Symp., Los Angeles/Calif. 1988, 47--70 (1989; Zbl 0681.65072)] that the Schwarz method converges under \(H^1\)-norm, given it converges under \(L^\infty\)-norm. Taking inspiration from this, the authors prove that a similar result holds for SWR for the heat equation, from which the \(H^1\)-convergence of the overlapping SWR is obtained.