Numerical approximation of young-measure solutions to parabolic systems of forward-backward type

This paper is concerned with the proof of existence and numerical approximation of large-data global-in-time Young measure solutions to initial-boundaryvalue problems for multidimensional nonlinear parabolic systems of forwardbackward type of the form Btu ´ divpapDuqq ` Bu “ F, where B P R mˆm, Bv ¨ v ě 0 for all v P R m, F is an m-component vector-function defined on a bounded open Lipschitz domain Ω Ă R n , and a is a locally Lipschitz mapping of the form apAq “ KpAqA, where K : R mˆn Ñ R. The function a may have unequal lower and upper growth rates; it is not assumed to be monotone, nor is it assumed to be the gradient of a potential. We construct a numerical method for the approximate solution of problems in this class, and we prove its convergence to a Young measure solution of the system.