Finite element analysis for a nonlinear diffusion model in image processing (Q1609454)

The author considers the nonlinear diffusion equation [as proposed by \textit{F. Catté, P. L. Lions, J.-M. Morel} and \textit{T. Coll}, SIAM J. Numer. Anal. 29, 182-193 (1992; Zbl 0746.65091) for image processing] along with initial and Neumann boundary conditions in the case that the domain \(\Omega\) is the unit square. He proposes semidiscretization with conforming \(Q_k\) elements and shows \(k+1\)th order convergence of the semidiscretized solution in the norm \(L^\infty((0,T),L^2(\Omega))\) for \(k\geq 1\) and for initial data belonging to \(H^{k+1}(\Omega)\).