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We derive aposteriori error estimates for fully discrete approximations to solutions of linear parabolic equations on the space-time domain. The space discretization uses finite element spaces, that are allowed to change in time. Our main…

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We derive a posteriori error estimates in the $L_\infty((0,T];L_\infty(\Omega))$ norm for approximations of solutions to linear para bolic equations. Using the elliptic reconstruction technique introduced by Makridakis and Nochetto and heat…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-04-06 Alan Demlow , Omar Lakkis , Charalambos Makridakis

We derive optimal order a posteriori error estimates for fully discrete approximations of the initial-boundary value problem for the heat equation. For the discretization in time we apply the fractional-step $\vartheta$-scheme and for the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-04-03 Karakatsani Fotini

We study an iterative Galerkin method for quasilinear elliptic problems in the Browder-Minty setting. The resulting discrete nonlinear systems are solved by linearization via a (damped) Zarantonello iteration. Unlike prior work, adaptive…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-25 Maximilian Brunner , Gregor Gantner , Christoph Lietz , Dirk Praetorius

In \cite{CaZh:09}, we introduced and analyzed an improved Zienkiewicz-Zhu (ZZ) estimator for the conforming linear finite element approximation to elliptic interface problems. The estimator is based on the piecewise "constant" flux recovery…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-04-26 Zhiqiang Cai , Cuiyu He , Shun Zhang

For the model problem of the heat equation discretized by an implicit Euler method in time and a conforming finite element method in space, we prove the efficiency of a posteriori error estimators with respect to the energy norm of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-12 Iain Smears

In this work, we propose and analyze a pointwise a posteriori error estimator for simple eigenvalues of elliptic eigenvalue problems with adaptive finite element methods (AFEMs). We prove the reliability and efficiency of the residual-type…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-11 Zhenglei Li , Qigang Liang , Xuejun Xu

We derive a fully computable aposteriori error estimator for a Galerkin finite element solution of the wave equation with explicit leapfrog time-stepping. Our discrete formulation accommodates both time evolving meshes and leapfrog based…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-27 Marcus J. Grote , Omar Lakkis , Carina Santos

We introduced and analyzed robust recovery-based a posteriori error estimators for various lower order finite element approximations to interface problems in [9, 10], where the recoveries of the flux and/or gradient are implicit (i.e.,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-07-17 Zhiqiang Cai , Shun Zhang

We consider adaptive finite element methods for second-order elliptic PDEs, where the arising discrete systems are not solved exactly. For contractive iterative solvers, we formulate an adaptive algorithm which monitors and steers the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-07-14 Gregor Gantner , Alexander Haberl , Dirk Praetorius , Stefan Schimanko

In the context of the adaptive finite element method (FEM), ZZ-error estimators named after Zienkiewicz and Zhu are mathematically well-established and widely used in practice. In this work, we propose and analyze ZZ-type error estimators…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-03-14 Michael Feischl , Thomas Führer , Michael Karkulik , Dirk Praetorius

Post-processing techniques are essential tools for enhancing the accuracy of finite element approximations and achieving superconvergence. Among these, recovery techniques stand out as vital methods, playing significant roles in both…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-06 Hailong Guo , Zhimin Zhang

This article is a review on basic concepts and tools devoted to a posteriori error estimation for problems solved with the Finite Element Method. For the sake of simplicity and clarity, we mostly focus on linear elliptic diffusion problems,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-10-06 Ludovic Chamoin , Frederic Legoll

This paper is concerned with adaptive mesh refinement strategies for the spatial discretization of parabolic problems with dynamic boundary conditions. This includes the characterization of inf-sup stable discretization schemes for a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-12 Robert Altmann , Christoph Zimmer

This paper develops and discusses a residual-based a posteriori error estimator for parabolic surface partial differential equations on closed stationary surfaces. The full discretization uses the surface finite element method in space and…

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We introduce a new $hp$-adaptive strategy for self-adjoint elliptic boundary value problems that does not rely on using classical a posteriori error estimators. Instead, our approach is based on a generally applicable prediction strategy…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-11-23 Patrick Bammer , Andreas Schröder , Thomas P. Wihler

We shall develop a fully discrete space-time adaptive method for linear parabolic problems based on new reliable and efficient a posteriori analysis for higher order dG(s) finite element discretisations. The adaptive strategy is motivated…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-10-24 Fernando Gaspoz , Christian Kreuzer , Kunibert Siebert , Daniel Ziegler

This paper introduces a novel a posteriori error estimation framework for the enriched Galerkin (EG) finite element method applied to linear parabolic equations. While the EG method has been recognized for its local conservation property…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-29 Hyun-Geun Shin , Yi-Yung Yang , Sanghyun Lee

We use the elliptic reconstruction technique in combination with a duality approach to prove aposteriori error estimates for fully discrete back- ward Euler scheme for linear parabolic equations. As an application, we com- bine our result…

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