Finite element analysis of exponentially fitted lumped schemes for time- dependent convection-diffusion problems (Q1326497)

We consider a singularly perturbed linear parabolic initial-boundary value problem in one space variable. Two exponential fitted schemes are derived for the problem using Petrov-Galerkin finite element methods with various choices of trial and test spaces. On rectangular meshes which are either arbitrary or slightly restricted, we derive global energy norm and \(L^ 2\)-norm and local \(L^ \infty\)-error bounds which are uniform in the diffusion parameter. Numerical results are also presented.