Symmetric finite volume discretizations for parabolic problems

Based on a linear finite element space, in this paper, one semi-discrete symmetric finite volume scheme and two full discrete symmetric finite volume schemes for a class of parabolic problems are presented and analyzed. Some numerical examples are reported.

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