Error estimates for the semidiscrete finite element approximation of linear nonlocal parabolic equations (Q1186522)
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Error estimates for the semidiscrete finite element approximation of linear nonlocal parabolic equations (English)
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28 June 1992
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The author proves an existence and uniqueness result for a nonlocal (in time) parabolic equation. The nonlocality in time arises from the fact that instead of an initial condition there is a relation associating the initial value of the solution to values of the solution at other times. The author then considers a semidiscretization of the problem (using finite elements for the spatial discretization). He proves an existence and uniqueness result (for the semidiscrete problem) and derives an \(L^ 2\) estimate for the difference between the solution of the semidiscrete problem and the solution of the continuous problem.
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error estimate
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nonlocal parabolic equation
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semidiscretization
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finite elements
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