A DISCRETE FINITE ELEMENT GALERKIN METHOD FOR A UNIDIMENSIONAL SINGLE-PHASE STEFAN PROBLEM

Based on Landau-type transformation, a Stefan problem with non-linear free boundary condition is transformed into a system consisting of parabolic equation and the ordinary differential equations. Semidiscrete approximations are constructed. Optimal orders of convergence of semidiscrete approximation in $L_2$, $H^1$ and $H^2$ normed spaces are derived.