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In this paper we will consider distributed Linear-Quadratic Optimal Control Problems dealing with Advection-Diffusion PDEs for high values of the P\'eclet number. In this situation, computational instabilities occur, both for steady and…

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We use uniform $W^{2,p}$ estimates to obtain corrector results for periodic homogenization problems of the form $A(x/\varepsilon):D^2 u_{\varepsilon} = f$ subject to a homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition. We propose and rigorously…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-06-17 Yves Capdeboscq , Timo Sprekeler , Endre Süli

We consider control constrained optimal control problems governed by parameterized stationary Maxwell's system with the Gauss's law. The parameters enter through dielectric, magnetic permeability, and charge density. Moreover, the parameter…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-04-20 Harbir Antil , Tran Nhan Tam Quyen

This work presents a convex-optimization-based framework for analysis and control of nonlinear partial differential equations. The approach uses a particular weak embedding of the nonlinear PDE, resulting in a linear equation in the space…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-04-23 Milan Korda , Didier Henrion , Jean-Bernard Lasserre

We propose a time domain decomposition approach to optimal control of partial differential equations (PDEs) based on semigroup theoretic methods. We formulate the optimality system consisting of two coupled forward-backward PDEs, the state…

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This paper investigates a symmetric dual-wind discontinuous Galerkin (DWDG) method for solving an elliptic optimal control problem with control constraints. The governing constraint is an elliptic partial differential equation (PDE), which…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-17 Satyajith Bommana Boyana , Thomas Lewis , Sijing Liu , Yi Zhang

We shall develop a fully discrete space-time adaptive method for linear parabolic problems based on new reliable and efficient a posteriori analysis for higher order dG(s) finite element discretisations. The adaptive strategy is motivated…

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The Convex Envelope of a given function was recently characterized as the solution of a fully nonlinear Partial Differential Equation (PDE). In this article we study a modified problem: the Dirichlet problem for the underlying PDE. The main…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-07-07 Luis Silvestre , Adam M. Oberman

In this paper, we study the biharmonic equation with Dirichlet boundary conditions in a polygonal domain. In particular, we propose a method that effectively decouples the fourth-order problem into a system of two Poison equations and one…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-07-11 Hengguang Li , Charuka D. Wickramasinghe , Peimeng Yin

This article studies a priori error analysis for linear parabolic interface problems with measure data in time in a bounded convex polygonal domain in $\mathbb{R}^2$. We have used the standard continuous fitted finite element discretization…

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In this paper, we study a class of finite-time control problems for discrete-time positive linear systems with time-varying state parameters. Although several interesting control problems appearing in population biology, economics, and…

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In this paper, a space-time discontinuous Galerkin finite element method for distributed optimal control problems governed by unsteady diffusion-convection-reaction equations with control constraints is studied. Time discretization is…

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The solution of partial differential equations (PDEs) on complex domains often presents a significant computational challenge by requiring the generation of fitted meshes. The Diffuse Domain Method (DDM) is an alternative which reformulates…

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We propose a new hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin (HDG) method to approximate the solution of a Dirichlet boundary control problem governed by an elliptic convection diffusion PDE. Even without a convection term, Dirichlet boundary…

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We consider space-time tracking optimal control problems for linear para\-bo\-lic initial boundary value problems that are given in the space-time cylinder $Q = \Omega \times (0,T)$, and that are controlled by the right-hand side…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-06-15 Ulrich Langer , Olaf Steinbach , Huidong Yang

The Boundary Element Method (BEM) is implemented using piecewise linear elements to solve the two-dimensional Dirichlet problem for Laplace's equation posed on a disk. A benefit of the BEM as opposed to many other numerical solution…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-01-23 Misael M. Morales , Shirley Pomeranz

We investigate optimal control problems governed by the elliptic partial differential equation $-\Delta u=f$ subject to Dirichlet boundary conditions on a given domain $\Omega$. The control variable in this setting is the right-hand side…

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In this study, we study the null controllability of a multi-dimensional degenerate parabolic equation characterized by a degenerate interior point. The control domain, which is an arbitrary inner region, does not encompass the degenerate…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-05 Dong-Hui Yang , Bao-Zhu Guo , Jie Zhong

We study problems of optimal boundary control with systems governed by linear hyperbolic partial differential equations. The objective function is quadratic and given by an integral over the finite time interval $(0,\, T)$ that depends on…

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