Abstract.OgrobjectinthisartlcleistodescribetbeGalerklnschemeandnonlin-eaxGalerkinschemefortheapproximationofnonlinearevolutionequations,andtostudythestabilityoftheseschemes.SpatialdiscretizatloncanbepedormedbyeitherGalerklnspectralmethodornonlinearGalerldnspectralmethod;timediscretizatlortisdonehyEulersin.heinewklchisexplicitorimplicitinthenonlinearterms.Accordingtothestabilityanalysisoftheaboveschemes,thestabilityofnonllneexGalerklnmethodisbetterthanthatofGalexklnmethod.
