Title
Sharply local pointwise a posteriori error estimates for parabolic problems
Abstract
We prove pointwise a posteriori error estimates for semi- and fully-discrete finite element methods for approximating the solution u to a parabolic model problem. Our estimates may be used to bound the finite element error parallel to u - u(h)parallel to (L infinity) ((D)), where D is an arbitrary subset of the space-time domain of the definition of the given PDE. In contrast to standard global error estimates, these estimators de-emphasize spatial error contributions from space-time regions removed from D. Our results are valid on arbitrary shape-regular simplicial meshes which may change in time, and also provide insight into the contribution of mesh change to local errors. When implemented in an adaptive method, these estimates require only enough spatial mesh refinement away from D in order to ensure that local solution quality is not polluted by global effects.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1090/S0025-5718-10-02346-X
MATHEMATICS OF COMPUTATION
Keywords
Field
DocType
Parabolic partial differential equations,finite element methods,adaptive methods,a posteriori error estimates,pointwise error estimates,maximum norm error estimates,localized error estimates,local error estimates
Mathematical optimization,Polygon mesh,Mathematical analysis,A priori and a posteriori,Finite element method,Numerical analysis,Partial differential equation,Mathematics,Pointwise,Parabola,Estimator
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
79
271
0025-5718
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
4
0.58
11
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Alan Demlow116221.97
Charalambos Makridakis225348.36