High-order adaptive methods for parabolic systems (Q687788)

Adaptive methods for parabolic partial differential systems in one or two space dimensions are considered. The numerical solution is produced by finite element procedures that automatically refine and coarsen computational meshes, vary the degree of the piecewise polynomial basis, and, in one dimension, move the computational mesh. Two-dimensional meshes of triangular, quadrilateral, or a mixture of triangular and quadrilateral elements are generated using a finite quadtree procedure that is also used for data management. A posteriori estimates, used to control adaptive enrichment, are generated from a hierarchical polynomial basis. Temporal integration, within a method of lines framework, uses either backward difference methods or a variant of singly implicit Runge-Kutta methods. A high level user interface facilitates the use of the adaptive software.