• Communications of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.467-478
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• 1997

A nonlinear Galerkin method for the Burgers equation is considered. Due to the lack of the divergence free condition, the nonlinear term is treated differently compared to that of the Navier-Stokes equations. Strong convergence results are proved for the nonlinear Galerkin method.