A Priori Error Estimates for Finite Element Discretizations of Parabolic Optimization Problems with Pointwise State Constraints in Time

  • Authors:
  • Dominik Meidner;Rolf Rannacher;Boris Vexler

  • Affiliations:
  • meidner@ma.tum.de and vexler@ma.tum.de;rannacher@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de;-

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

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Abstract

In this paper, we consider an optimal control problem which is governed by a linear parabolic equation and is subject to state constraints pointwise in time. Optimal order error estimates are developed for a space-time finite element discretization of this problem. Numerical examples confirm the theoretical results. As a by-product of our analysis, we derive a new regularity result for the optimal control.