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An error estimate for viscous approximate solutions of degenerate parabolic equations

Steinar Evje, Kenneth H. Karlsen

math.AParXiv:math/0302038

Abstract

Relying on recent advances in the theory of entropy solutions for nonlinear (strongly) degenerate parabolic equations, we present a direct proof of an L1 error estimate for viscous approximate solutions of the initial value problem for ∂t w+div (V(x)f(w))= ΔA(w) where V=V(x) is a vector field, f=f(u) is a scalar function, and A'(.) ≥ 0. The viscous approximate solutions are weak solutions of the initial value problem for the uniformly parabolic equation ∂t wε+div (V(x) f(wε)) Δ(A(wε)+εwε), ε>0. The error estimate is of order ε.

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