A space-time discontinuous Galerkin method for linear convection-dominated Sobolev equations

This article presents a space-time discontinuous Galerkin (DG) finite element method for linear convection-dominated Sobolev equations. The finite element method has basis functions that are continuous in space and discontinuous in time, and variable spatial meshes and time steps are allowed. In the discrete intervals of time, using properties of the Radau quadrature rule, eliminates the restriction to space-time meshes of convectional space time Galerkin methods. The existence and uniqueness of the approximate solution are proved. An optimal priori error estimate in L-infinity(H-1) is derived. Numerical experiments are presented to confirm theoretical results. (c) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.