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We propose a method to construct numerical solutions of parabolic equations on the unit sphere. The time discretization uses Laplace transforms and quadrature. The spatial approximation of the solution employs radial basis functions restricted to the sphere. The method allows us to construct high accuracy numerical solutions in parallel. We establish L 2 error estimates for smooth and nonsmooth initial data, and describe some numerical experiments.
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Le Gia, Q.T., McLean, W. Solving the heat equation on the unit sphere via Laplace transforms and radial basis functions. Adv Comput Math 40, 353–375 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10444-013-9311-6
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