A Galerkin procedure for diffusion equations with boundary integral conditions (Q2641094)

Galerkin approximations for the problem \(u_ t=\Delta u+f(x,t)\), \((x,t)\in Q_ T\equiv \Omega \times (0,T]\), \(T>0\), \(\frac{\partial u}{\partial \nu}(x,t)=\int^{t}_{0}K(x,t,\tau)\) u(x,\(\tau\))d\(\tau\) on \(\partial \Omega \times [0,T]\) where \(\Omega \subset R^ d\) (d\(\geq 1)\) and \(\partial \Omega\) is a smooth boundary, \(\nu\) (x) is outer-normal on \(\partial \Omega\) are studied. Optimal \(L^ 2\) error estimates for the continuous and discrete Galerkin approximations are obtained.