Abstract and Applied Analysis 
Volume 2003 (2003), Issue 16, Pages 899-922
doi:10.1155/S1085337503305019

Rothe method for a mixed problem with an integral condition for the two-dimensional diffusion equation

Nabil Merazga and Abdelfatah Bouziani

Département de Mathématiques, Centre Universitaire Larbi Ben M'hidi, Oum El Bouagui 04000, Algeria

Received 8 April 2003

Abstract

This paper deals with an initial boundary value problem with an integral condition for the two-dimensional diffusion equation. Thanks to an appropriate transformation, the study of the given problem is reduced to that of a one-dimensional problem. Existence, uniqueness, and continuous dependence upon data of a weak solution of this latter are proved by means of the Rothe method. Besides, convergence and an error estimate for a semidiscrete approximation are obtained.