An error estimate for the truncation method for the solution of parabolic obstacle variational inequalities

Berger, Alan E.; Falk, Richard S.

doi:10.1090/S0025-5718-1977-0438707-8

An error estimate for the truncation method for the solution of parabolic obstacle variational inequalities
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Math. Comp. 31 (1977), 619-628 Request permission

Abstract:

A rate of convergence is obtained for a truncation method for the numerical solution of a class of parabolic variational inequalities.

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