Abstract
Spectral methods solve partial differential equations numerically with errors bounded by an exponentially decaying function of the number of modes when the solution is analytic. For time dependent problems, almost all focus has been on low-order finite difference schemes for the time derivative and spectral schemes for spatial derivatives. Spectral methods which converge spectrally in both space and time have appeared recently. This paper shows that a Legendre spectral collocation method of Tang and Xu for the heat equation converges exponentially quickly when the solution is analytic. We also derive a condition number estimate of the method. Another space-time spectral scheme which is easier to implement is proposed. Numerical experiments verify the theoretical results.
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