Finite element formulation based on proper orthogonal decomposition for parabolic equations (Q1042912)

The authors are concerned with the study of the proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) method used to a usual finite element (FE) formulation for parabolic equations so that the usual finite element formulation is reduced into a (POD)-(FE) formulation with lower dimensional numbers and enough high accuracy. The errors between the reduced (POD)-(FE) solution and the usual (FE) solution are analyzed. It is shown by numerical examples that the results of numerical computation are consistent with theoretical conclusions.