Convergence of finite elements on an evolving surface driven by diffusion on the surface (Q1679211)

This paper is concerned with numerical approximation of solutions to surface partial differential equations of parabolic type, coupled to surface evolution. Three main velocity laws are discussed: (1) elliptic regularization of a direct pointwise coupling; (2) a regularized mean curvature flow; (3) a dynamic velocity law. In such a setting, the authors derive a novel stability and convergence analysis. The stability analysis is developed without any use of geometric arguments. Numerical experiments on specific problems are also presented.