Mixed Finite Element Method for Dirichlet Boundary Control Problem Governed by Elliptic PDEs

  • Authors:
  • Wei Gong;Ningning Yan

  • Affiliations:
  • wgong@lsec.cc.ac.cn;ynn@amss.ac.cn

  • Venue:
  • SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

In this paper we study the finite element approximation of Dirichlet boundary control problems governed by elliptic PDEs. Based on a mixed variational scheme, we establish a mixed finite element approximation to the underlying optimal control problem. We consider the optimal control problems posed on both polygonal and general smooth domains, and we derive a priori error estimates for optimal control, state, and adjoint state. The optimal and quasi-optimal error estimates are obtained for problems on polygonal and smooth domains, respectively. Numerical experiments are provided to confirm our theoretical results.