We consider an initial value problem for a class of evolution equations incorporating a memory term with a weakly singular kernel bounded by \n\n \n \n C<\/mml:mi>\n (<\/mml:mo>\n t<\/mml:mi>\n \u2212<\/mml:mo>\n s<\/mml:mi>\n \n )<\/mml:mo>\n \n \u03b1<\/mml:mi>\n \u2212<\/mml:mo>\n 1<\/mml:mn>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n <\/mml:msup>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n C(t-s)^{\\alpha -1}<\/mml:annotation>\n <\/mml:semantics>\n<\/mml:math>\n<\/inline-formula>, where \n\n \n \n 0<\/mml:mn>\n ><\/mml:mo>\n \u03b1<\/mml:mi>\n ><\/mml:mo>\n 1<\/mml:mn>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n 0>\\alpha >1<\/mml:annotation>\n <\/mml:semantics>\n<\/mml:math>\n<\/inline-formula>. For the time discretization we apply the discontinuous Galerkin method using piecewise polynomials of degree at most\u00a0\n\n \n \n q<\/mml:mi>\n \u2212<\/mml:mo>\n 1<\/mml:mn>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n q-1<\/mml:annotation>\n <\/mml:semantics>\n<\/mml:math>\n<\/inline-formula>, for \n\n \n \n q<\/mml:mi>\n =<\/mml:mo>\n 1<\/mml:mn>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n q=1<\/mml:annotation>\n <\/mml:semantics>\n<\/mml:math>\n<\/inline-formula> or\u00a0\n\n \n 2<\/mml:mn>\n 2<\/mml:annotation>\n <\/mml:semantics>\n<\/mml:math>\n<\/inline-formula>. For the space discretization we use continuous piecewise-linear finite elements. The discrete solution satisfies an error bound of order \n\n \n \n \n k<\/mml:mi>\n q<\/mml:mi>\n <\/mml:msup>\n +<\/mml:mo>\n \n h<\/mml:mi>\n 2<\/mml:mn>\n <\/mml:msup>\n \u2113<\/mml:mi>\n (<\/mml:mo>\n k<\/mml:mi>\n )<\/mml:mo>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n k^q+h^2\\ell (k)<\/mml:annotation>\n <\/mml:semantics>\n<\/mml:math>\n<\/inline-formula>, where \n\n \n k<\/mml:mi>\n k<\/mml:annotation>\n <\/mml:semantics>\n<\/mml:math>\n<\/inline-formula> and \n\n \n h<\/mml:mi>\n h<\/mml:annotation>\n <\/mml:semantics>\n<\/mml:math>\n<\/inline-formula> are the mesh sizes in time and space, respectively, and \n\n \n \n \u2113<\/mml:mi>\n (<\/mml:mo>\n k<\/mml:mi>\n )<\/mml:mo>\n =<\/mml:mo>\n max<\/mml:mo>\n (<\/mml:mo>\n 1<\/mml:mn>\n ,<\/mml:mo>\n log<\/mml:mi>\n \u2061<\/mml:mo>\n \n k<\/mml:mi>\n \n \u2212<\/mml:mo>\n 1<\/mml:mn>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n <\/mml:msup>\n )<\/mml:mo>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n \\ell (k)=\\max (1,\\log k^{-1})<\/mml:annotation>\n <\/mml:semantics>\n<\/mml:math>\n<\/inline-formula>. In the case\u00a0\n\n \n \n q<\/mml:mi>\n =<\/mml:mo>\n 2<\/mml:mn>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n q=2<\/mml:annotation>\n <\/mml:semantics>\n<\/mml:math>\n<\/inline-formula>, we prove a higher convergence rate of order \n\n \n \n \n k<\/mml:mi>\n 3<\/mml:mn>\n <\/mml:msup>\n +<\/mml:mo>\n \n h<\/mml:mi>\n 2<\/mml:mn>\n <\/mml:msup>\n \u2113<\/mml:mi>\n (<\/mml:mo>\n k<\/mml:mi>\n )<\/mml:mo>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n k^3+h^2\\ell (k)<\/mml:annotation>\n <\/mml:semantics>\n<\/mml:math>\n<\/inline-formula> at the nodes of the time mesh. Typically, the partial derivatives of the exact solution are singular at\u00a0\n\n \n \n t<\/mml:mi>\n =<\/mml:mo>\n 0<\/mml:mn>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n t=0<\/mml:annotation>\n <\/mml:semantics>\n<\/mml:math>\n<\/inline-formula>, necessitating the use of non-uniform time steps. 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