Reliable and efficient error control for an adaptive Galerkin-characteristic method for convection-dominated diffusion problems (Q695642)

The paper deals with a numerical solution of the time-dependent linear convection-dominated problems with the aid of the time-dependent convection-dominated problems. The authors derive an efficient and reliable a posteriori error estimator and propose an adaptive algorithm with variable time and space steps. It is proved that at each time step this adaptive algorithm is capable of reducing errors below a given tolerance in a finite number of iteration steps. Numerical results are presented to support the theoretical analysis.