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This paper considers the finite element approximation to parabolic optimal control problems with measure data in a nonconvex polygonal domain. Such problems usually possess low regularity in the state variable due to the presence of measure…

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We adopt the integral definition of the fractional Laplace operator and analyze solution techniques for fractional, semilinear, and elliptic optimal control problems posed on Lipschitz polytopes. We consider two strategies of…

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Models incorporating uncertain inputs, such as random forces or material parameters, have been of increasing interest in PDE-constrained optimization. In this paper, we focus on the efficient numerical minimization of a convex and smooth…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-18 Caroline Geiersbach , Winnifried Wollner

Semi-infinite programming can be used to model a large variety of complex optimization problems. The simple description of such problems comes at a price: semi-infinite problems are often harder to solve than finite nonlinear problems. In…

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A general a posteriori error analysis applies to five lowest-order finite element methods for two fourth-order semi-linear problems with trilinear non-linearity and a general source. A quasi-optimal smoother extends the source term to the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-09-18 Carsten Carstensen , Benedikt Gräßle , Neela Nataraj

Monotone finite difference methods provide stable convergent discretizations of a class of degenerate elliptic and parabolic Partial Differential Equations (PDEs). These methods are best suited to regular rectangular grids, which leads to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-11-19 Adam M. Oberman , Ian Zwiers

We consider systematic numerical approximation of a viscoelastic phase separation model that describes the demixing of a polymer solvent mixture. An unconditionally stable discretisation method is proposed based on a finite element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-07-08 Aaron Brunk , Herbert Egger , Oliver Habrich , Maria Lukacova-Medvidova

We introduce a new $hp$-adaptive strategy for self-adjoint elliptic boundary value problems that does not rely on using classical a posteriori error estimators. Instead, our approach is based on a generally applicable prediction strategy…

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This article examines the Dirichlet boundary control problem governed by the Poisson equation, where the control variables are square integrable functions defined on the boundary of a two-dimensional bounded, convex, polygonal domain. It…

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For the pure biharmonic equation and a biharmonic singular perturbation problem, a residual-based error estimator is introduced which applies to many existing nonconforming finite elements. The error estimator involves the local…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-10-18 Dietmar Gallistl , Shudan Tian

We derive a-priori error estimates for the finite-element approximation of a distributed optimal control problem governed by the steady one-dimensional Burgers equation with pointwise box constraints on the control. Here the approximation…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-11-18 Pedro Martín Merino Rosero

It is significant and challenging to solve eigenvalue problems of partial differential operators when many highly accurate eigenpair approximations are required. The adaptive finite element discretization based parallel orbital-updating…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-24 Xiaoying Dai , Yan Li , Bin Yang , Aihui Zhou

We formulate and analyze a goal-oriented adaptive finite element method for a symmetric linear elliptic partial differential equation (PDE) that can simultaneously deal with multiple linear goal functionals. In each step of the algorithm,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-06 Roland Becker , Maximilian Brunner , Paula Hilbert , Michael Innerberger , Dirk Praetorius

State-dependent parameter identification, where unknown model parameters depend on one or more state variables in partial differential equations (PDEs) or coupled PDE systems, is fundamental to a wide range of problems in physics,…

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This paper develops and analyses numerical approximation for linear-quadratic optimal control problem governed by elliptic interface equations. We adopt variational discretization concept to discretize optimal control problem, and apply an…

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We consider Poisson's equation with a finite number of weighted Dirac masses as a source term, together with its discretization by means of conforming finite elements. For the error in fractional Sobolev spaces, we propose residual-type a…

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We consider the optimal control of a PDE with random source term subject to probabilistic or almost sure state constraints. In the main theoretical result, we provide an exact formula for the Clarke subdifferential of the probability…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-11-28 Caroline Geiersbach , René Henrion , Pedro Pérez-Aros

We consider the problem of numerically approximating the solutions to a partial differential equation (PDE) when there is insufficient information to determine a unique solution. Our main example is the Poisson boundary value problem, when…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-12-21 Peter Binev , Andrea Bonito , Albert Cohen , Wolfgang Dahmen , Ronald DeVore , Guergana Petrova

We propose a novel finite element method scheme for singularly perturbed advection-diffusion-reaction problems, which combines certain quantum-assisted stabilization scheme with a classical h-adaptive approach to provide automatic error…

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