On positivity and maximum-norm contractivity in time stepping methods for parabolic equations

DOI10.2478/cmam-2010-0025zbMath1283.65086MaRDI QIDQ2439951

Vidar Thomée, Alfred H. Schatz, Lars B. Wahlbin

Publication date: 26 March 2014

Published in: Computational Methods in Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2478/cmam-2010-0025

zbMATH Keywords

finite elements; positivity; parabolic equations; time-stepping; lumped mass; maximum-norm contrativity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

65M12: Stability and convergence of numerical methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs

65M60: Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs