Space-time finite element interpolation of nonsmooth functions satisfying boundary conditions

RESUMO

We construct Scott-Zhang-type space-time quasi-interpolation operators on tensor- product meshes for parabolic settings. Specifically, these are linear and uniformly bounded projections from the classical parabolic energy space onto a space-time tensor-product finite element space that preserve discrete Dirichlet boundary conditions on the lateral space-time boundary. We apply our operator in the context of space-time first-order system least-squares finite elements for parabolic equations to establish a quasi-optimal method for inhomogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions.