TY - BOOK AU - Thomee, Vidar TI - Galerkin finite element methods for parabolic problems SN - 9783540129110 U1 - 515.3534 THO-V PY - 2006/// CY - Netherlands PB - Springer KW - Differential equations, Parabolic--Numerical solutions KW - Finite element method KW - Numerical analysis KW - Global analysis (Mathematics) KW - Mathematics KW - Mathematical physics N1 - This book provides insight into the mathematics of the Galerkin finite element method as applied to parabolic equations. The approach is based on first discretizing in the spatial variables by Galerkin's method, using piecewise polynomial trial functions, and then applying some single step or multistep time-stepping methods. The concern is stability and error analysis of approximate solutions in various forms, and under various regularity assumptions on the exact solution. The book gives an excellent insight into the present ideas and methods of analysis. The second edition has been influenced by recent progress in the application of semigroup theory to stability and error analysis, particularly in maximum-norm. Two new chapters have also been added, dealing with problems in polygonal, particularly nonconvex, spatial domains, and with time discretization based on using Laplace transformation and quadrature ER -