Numerical analysis of some optimal control problems governed by a class of quasilinear elliptic equations

In this paper, we carry out the numerical analysis of a distributed optimal control problem governed by a quasilinear elliptic equation of non-monotone type. The goal is to prove the strong convergence of the discretization of the problem by finite elements. The main issue is to get error estimates...

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Autores: Casas Rentería, Eduardo|||0000-0002-8364-9416, Tröltzsch, Fredi
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repositorio:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/1617
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10902/1617
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Quasilinear elliptic equations
Optimal control problems
Finite element approximations
Convergence of discretized controls
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Sumario:In this paper, we carry out the numerical analysis of a distributed optimal control problem governed by a quasilinear elliptic equation of non-monotone type. The goal is to prove the strong convergence of the discretization of the problem by finite elements. The main issue is to get error estimates for the discretization of the state equation. One of the difficulties in this analysis is that, in spite of the partial differential equation has a unique solution for any given control, the uniqueness of a solution for the discrete equation is an open problem.