This book provides insight into the mathematics of Galerkin finite element method as applied to parabolic equations. The revised second edition has been influenced by recent progress in application of semigroup theory to stability and error analysis, particulatly in maximum-norm. Two new chapters have also been added, dealing with problems in polygonal, particularly noncovex, spatial domains, and with time discretization based on using Laplace transformation and quadrature.

Original articles on all aspects of numerical mathematics, book reviews, mathematical tables, and technical notes. Covers advances in numerical analysis, application of computer methods, high speed calculating, and other aids to computation.