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We consider the variational discretization of a linear-quadratic optimal control problem with pointwise control and state constraints. In order to allow for a Fr\'echet smooth norm, the problem is reformulated by means of a reflexive…

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We develop efficient hierarchical preconditioners for optimal control problems governed by partial differential equations with uncertain coefficients. Adopting a discretize-then-optimize framework that integrates finite element…

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Standard discontinuous Galerkin methods, based on piecewise polynomials of degree $ \qq=0,1$, are considered for temporal semi-discretization for second order hyperbolic equations. The main goal of this paper is to present a simple and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-10-19 Neda Rezaei , Fardin Saedpanah

We study the numerical approximation by space-time finite element methods of a multi-physics system coupling hyperbolic elastodynamics with parabolic transport and modeling poro- and thermoelasticity. The equations are rewritten as a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-02-14 Markus Bause , Mathias Anselmann , Uwe Köcher , Florin A. Radu

In this paper, we use an implicit two-derivative deferred correction time discretization approach and combine it with a spatial discretization of the discontinuous Galerkin spectral element method to solve (non-)linear PDEs. The resulting…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-07-13 Jonas Zeifang , Jochen Schuetz

We consider a distributed optimal control problem governed by an elliptic PDE, and propose an embedded discontinuous Galerkin (EDG) method to approximate the solution. We derive optimal a priori error estimates for the state, dual state,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-07-25 Xiao Zhang , Yangwen Zhang , John R. Singler

We consider an abstract framework for the numerical solution of optimal control problems (OCPs) subject to partial differential equations (PDEs). Examples include not only the distributed control of elliptic PDEs such as the Poisson…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-05-27 Ulrich Langer , Richard Löscher , Olaf Steinbach , Huidong Yang

In this work we present an a priori error analysis for solving the unsteady advection equation on cut cell meshes along a straight ramp in two dimensions. The space discretization uses a lowest order upwind-type discontinuous Galerkin…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-18 Gunnar Birke , Christian Engwer , Jan Giesselmann , Sandra May

In this paper, we discuss the numerical approximation of a distributed optimal control problem governed by the von Karman equations, defined in polygonal domains with point-wise control constraints. Conforming finite elements are employed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-09-19 Gouranga Mallik , Neela Nataraj , Jean-Pierre Raymond

The classical arguments employed when obtaining error estimates of Finite Element (FE) discretisations of elliptic problems lead to more restrictive assumptions on the regularity of the exact solution when applied to non-conforming methods.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-25 J. Blechta , P. A. Gazca-Orozco , A. Kaltenbach , M. Růžička

We consider the integral definition of the fractional Laplacian and analyze a linear-quadratic optimal control problem for the so-called fractional heat equation; control constraints are also considered. We derive existence and uniqueness…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-06-24 Christian Glusa , Enrique Otarola

In this paper we consider a parabolic optimal control problem with a Dirac type control with moving point source in two space dimensions. We discretize the problem with piecewise constant functions in time and continuous piecewise linear…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-08-17 Dmitriy Leykekhman , Boris Vexler

The scope of this paper is the analysis and approximation of an optimal control problem related to the Allen-Cahn equation. A tracking functional is minimized subject to the Allen-Cahn equation using distributed controls that satisfy…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-07-27 Konstantinos Chrysafinos , Dimitra Plaka

In this article we obtain an optimal best approximation type result for fully discrete approximations of the transient Stokes problem. For the time discretization we use the discontinuous Galerkin method and for the spatial discretization…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-07-26 Niklas Behringer , Dmitriy Leykekhman , Boris Vexler

We devise an a posteriori error estimator for an affine optimal control problem subject to a semilinear elliptic PDE and control constraints. To approximate the problem, we consider a semidiscrete scheme based on the variational…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-05-08 Francisco Fuica , Nicolai Jork

We consider a linear elliptic partial differential equation (PDE) with a generic uniformly bounded parametric coefficient. The solution to this PDE problem is approximated in the framework of stochastic Galerkin finite element methods. We…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-06-05 Alex Bespalov , Feng Xu

In this paper we consider the semi-discretization in space of a first order scalar transport equation. For the space discretization we use standard continuous finite elements. To obtain stability we add a penalty on the jump of the gradient…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-09-17 Erik Burman

Optimization problems with $L^1$-control cost functional subject to an elliptic partial differential equation (PDE) are considered. However, different from the finite dimensional $l^1$-regularization optimization, the resulting discretized…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-09-28 Xiaoliang Song , Bo Chen , Bo Yu

We present and analyse a new conforming space-time Galerkin discretisation of a semi-linear wave equation, based on a variational formulation derived from De Giorgi's elliptic regularisation viewpoint of the wave equation in second-order…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-22 Lehel Banjai , Emmanuil H. Georgoulis , Brian Hennessy

We present a priori error estimates for a multirate time-stepping scheme for coupled differential equations. The discretization is based on Galerkin methods in time using two different time meshes for two parts of the problem. We aim at…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-05 Martyną Soszynska , Thomas Richter