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We consider periodic homogenization of boundary value problems for second-order semilinear elliptic systems in 2D of the type $$ \partial_{x_i}\left(a_{ij}^{\alpha…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-02-26 Nikolai N. Nefedov , Lutz Recke

Many systems exhibit a mixture of continuous and discrete dynamics. We consider a family of mixed-integer non-convex non-linear optimisation problems obtained in discretisations of optimal control of such systems. For this family, a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-01-23 Jorn Baayen , Jakub Marecek

We study the minimization of the positive principal eigenvalue associated to a weighted Neumann problem settled in a bounded smooth domain $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^{N}$, within a suitable class of sign-changing weights. Denoting with $u$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-11-03 Dario Mazzoleni , Benedetta Pellacci , Gianmaria Verzini

This work is devoted to study of a class of elliptic singular perturbed systems and their singular limit to a phase segregating system. We prove existence and uniqueness and study the asymptotic behaviour with convergence to a limiting…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-01-28 Farid Bozorgnia , Martin Burger

This paper is concerned with a shape optimization problem governed by a non-smooth PDE, i.e., the nonlinearity in the state equation is not necessarily differentiable. We follow the functional variational approach of [40] where the set of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-02-10 Livia Betz

We study boundary value problems for bounded uniform domains in $\mathbb{R}^n$, $n\geq 2$, with non-Lipschitz (and possibly fractal) boundaries. We prove Poincar\'e inequalities with trace terms and uniform constants for uniform…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-10-01 Michael Hinz , Anna Rozanova-Pierrat , Alexander Teplyaev

We show that optimal $L^2$-convergence in the finite element method on quasi-uniform meshes can be achieved if, for some $s_0 > 1/2$, the boundary value problem has the mapping property $H^{-1+s} \rightarrow H^{1+s}$ for $s \in [0,s_0]$.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-04-29 T. Horger , J. M. Melenk , B. Wohlmuth

In this paper, we mainly employed the idea of the previous paper to study the sharp uniform $W^{1,p}$ estimates with $1<p\leq \infty$ for more general elliptic systems with the Neumann boundary condition on a bounded $C^{1,\eta}$ domain,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-12-14 Qiang Xu

We study Neumann functions for divergence form, second order elliptic systems with bounded measurable coefficients in a bounded Lipschitz domain or a Lipschitz graph domain. We establish existence, uniqueness, and various estimates for the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-09-25 Jongkeun Choi , Seick Kim

We consider a one dimensional elliptic distributed optimal control problem with pointwise constraints on the derivative of the state. By exploiting the variational inequality satisfied by the derivative of the optimal state, we obtain…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-06-18 Susanne C. Brenner , Li-yeng Sung , Winnifried Wollner

We are concerned with solvability of nonlinear systems involving a discrete singular $\phi$-Laplacian operator of type \begin{equation*} u \mapsto \Delta\left[\phi(\Delta u(n-1))\right] \qquad (n\in \{1, \dots, T\}), \end{equation*}…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2026-04-03 Andreea Gruie , Petru Jebelean , Calin Serban

We consider an optimal control problem for the obstacle problem with an elliptic variational inequality. The obstacle function which is the control function is assumed in $H^{2}$. We use an approximate technique to introduce a family of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2008-12-18 Radouen Ghanem

Let $\Delta$ be the Dirichlet Laplacian on the interval $(0,\pi)$, and let $T>0$. We prove a well-posedness results for the structurally damped beam equation $$u_{tt}+\Delta^2 u-\rho \Delta u_t=0, x\in (0,\pi),t>0$$ with various boundary…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-15 Sergei Avdonin , Julian Edward

In this paper, we investigate the boundary H\"{o}lder regularity for elliptic equations (precisely, the Poisson equation, linear equations in divergence form and non-divergence form, the p-Laplace equations and fully nonlinear elliptic…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-08-09 Yuanyuan Lian , Kai Zhang

We consider the homogeneous equation ${\mathcal A} u=0$, where ${\mathcal A}$ is a symmetric and coercive elliptic operator in $H^1(\Omega)$ with $\Omega$ bounded domain in ${{\mathbb R}}^d$. The boundary conditions involve fractional power…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-02-22 Raytcho Lazarov , Petr Vabishchevich

We consider an elliptic optimal control problem where the objective functional contains evaluations of the state at a finite number of points. In particular, we use a fidelity term that encourages the state to take certain values at these…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-11-19 C. Brett , A. S. Dedner , C. M. Elliott

In this work, we consider optimality conditions of an optimal control problem governed by an obstacle problem. Here, we focus on introducing a, matrix valued, control variable as the coefficients of the obstacle problem. As it is well…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-03-18 Nicolai Simon , Winnifried Wollner

Finite element approximations of Dirichlet boundary control problems governed by parabolic PDEs on convex polygonal domains are studied in this paper. The existence of a unique solution to optimal control problems is guaranteed based on…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-10-02 Wei Gong , Michael Hinze , Zhaojie Zhou

This paper analyzes an interface-unfitted numerical method for distributed optimal control problems governed by elliptic interface equations. We follow the variational discretization concept to discretize the optimal control problems, and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-05 Tao Wang , Chaochao Yang , Xiaoping Xie