Sharply local pointwise a posteriori error estimates for parabolic problems Academic Article uri icon

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 u - uh L, (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. 2010 American Mathematical Society.

published proceedings

  • Mathematics of Computation

author list (cited authors)

  • Demlow, A., & Makridakis, C.

citation count

  • 5

complete list of authors

  • Demlow, Alan||Makridakis, Charalambos

publication date

  • March 2010