Parabolic finite element equations in nonconvex polygonal domains (Q857556)

The object of this paper is to show that certain known error estimates for piecewise linear finite element approximations to solution of elliptic equations in nonconvex polygonal domains [cf. \textit{A. H. Schatz} and \textit{L. B. Wahlbin}, Math. Comput. 33, 465--492 (1979; Zbl 0417.65053)] carry over to parabolic problems. Nonsmooth data estimate for the homogeneous heat equation and a discussion of mesh refinement in the context of the parabolic equation are given. Some examples of error bounds for fully discrete methods obtained by discretization in time by finite differences of the spatially semidiscrete parabolic equation are also given.