Abstract
Almost optimalL∞-convergence of an approximation of a variational inequality of parabolic type is proved under regularity assumptions which are met by the solution of a one phase Stefan problem. The discretization employs piecewise linear finite elements in space and the backward Euler scheme in time. By means of a maximum principle the problem is reduced to an error estimate for an auxiliary parabolic equation. The latter bound is obtained by using the smoothing property of the Galerkin method.
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