Runge-Kutta time discretization of nonlinear parabolic equations studied via discrete maximal parabolic regularity (Q1785007)

Stability and error analyses are presented for implicit Runge-Kutta time discretizations applied to nonlinear parabolic initial boundary value problems. The latter include gradient flows for energy functionals depending on the solution gradient. The semidiscretization in time is studied based on the Radau nodes, which can be viewed as a fully discontinuous Galerkin method in time. Error bounds in the \(W^{1,\infty}\) norm are given and maximal \(L^p\) regularity results for obtaining stability and error bounds are presented. Existence and local uniqueness of the numerical solution are likewise given.