TY - JOUR T1 - Higher Order Triangular Mixed Finite Element Methods for Semilinear Quadratic Optimal Control Problems AU - Kang Deng, Yanping Chen & Zuliang Lu JO - Numerical Mathematics: Theory, Methods and Applications VL - 2 SP - 180 EP - 196 PY - 2011 DA - 2011/04 SN - 4 DO - http://doi.org/10.4208/nmtma.2011.42s.4 UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/nmtma/5964.html KW - A priori error estimates, semilinear optimal control problems, higher order triangular elements, mixed finite element methods. AB -
In this paper, we investigate a priori error estimates for the quadratic optimal control problems governed by semilinear elliptic partial differential equations using higher order triangular mixed finite element methods. The state and the co-state are approximated by the order $k$ Raviart-Thomas mixed finite element spaces and the control is approximated by piecewise polynomials of order $k$ ($k\geq 0$). A priori error estimates for the mixed finite element approximation of semilinear control problems are obtained. Finally, we present some numerical examples which confirm our theoretical results.