Analysis of space-time discontinuous Galerkin method for nonlinear convection-diffusion problems (Q623339)

The authors study the space-time discontinuous Galerkin discretization applied separately in space and in time for the numerical solution of a nonstationary nonlinear convection-diffusion equation [cf. \textit{M. Feistauer, J. Hájek} and \textit{K. Švadlenka}, Appl. Math., Praha 52, No.~3, 197--233 (2007; Zbl 1164.65469)]. The main object of the paper is to derive error estimates of the space-time discontinuous Galerkin finite element method for the nonstationary initial-boundary value problem with nonlinear convection and linear diffusion. These estimates are optimal in time if the Dirichlet boundary conditions have behaviour in time as a polynomial of degree \(\leq q\). In general case these estimates become suboptimal.