Skipping transition conditions in a posteriori error estimates for finite element discretizations of parabolic equations
ESAIM: Modélisation mathématique et analyse numérique, Tome 44 (2010) no. 3, pp. 455-484.

In this paper we derive a posteriori error estimates for the heat equation. The time discretization strategy is based on a θ-method and the mesh used for each time-slab is independent of the mesh used for the previous time-slab. The novelty of this paper is an upper bound for the error caused by the coarsening of the mesh used for computing the solution in the previous time-slab. The technique applied for deriving this upper bound is independent of the problem and can be generalized to other time dependent problems.

DOI : 10.1051/m2an/2010009
Classification : 65N30, 65N15, 65N50, 65J15
Mots-clés : a posteriori error estimates, transition condition, parabolic problems 
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Berrone, Stefano. Skipping transition conditions in a posteriori error estimates for finite element discretizations of parabolic equations. ESAIM: Modélisation mathématique et analyse numérique, Tome 44 (2010) no. 3, pp. 455-484. doi : 10.1051/m2an/2010009. http://www.numdam.org/articles/10.1051/m2an/2010009/

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