A Quadratic Finite Volume Method for Parabolic Problems

.In this paper,a quadratic finite volume method(FVM)for parabolic problems is studied.We first discretize the spatial variables using a quadratic FVM to obtain a semi-discrete scheme.We then employ the backward Euler method and the Crank-Nicolson method respectively to further disctetize the time vatiable so as to derive two full-discrete schemes.The existence and uniqueness of the semi-discrete and full-discrete FVM solutions are established and their optimal error estimates are derived.Finally,we give numerical examples to illustrate the theoretical results.