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We develop the regularity theory for solutions to space-time nonlocal equations driven by fractional powers of the heat operator $$(\partial_t-\Delta)^su(t,x)=f(t,x),\quad\hbox{for}~0<s<1.$$ This nonlocal equation of order $s$ in time and…
We present locally stabilized, conforming space-time finite element methods for parabolic evolution equations on hexahedral decompositions of the space-time cylinder. Tensor-product decompositions allow for anisotropic a priori error…
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We consider a control-constrained optimal control problem subject to time-harmonic Maxwell's equations; the control variable belongs to a finite-dimensional set and enters the state equation as a coefficient. We derive existence of optimal…
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An optimal control problem for semilinear parabolic partial differential equations is considered. The control variable appears in the leading term of the equation. Necessary conditions for optimal controls are established by the method of…
We consider an initial- and Dirichlet boundary- value problem for a linear Cahn-Hilliard-Cook equation, in one space dimension, forced by the space derivative of a space-time white noise. First, we propose an approximate regularized…
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We present a space-time finite element method for the heat equation that computes quasi-optimal approximations with respect to natural norms while incorporating local mesh refinements in space-time. The discretized problem is solved with a…
This paper presents a new observability estimate for parabolic equations in $\Omega\times(0,T)$, where $\Omega$ is a convex domain. The observation region is restricted over a product set of an open nonempty subset of $\Omega$ and a subset…
Maximal parabolic $L^p$-regularity of linear parabolic equations on an evolving surface is shown by pulling back the problem to the initial surface and studying the maximal $L^p$-regularity on a fixed surface. By freezing the coefficients…
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A continuous optimal control problem governed by an elliptic variational inequality was considered in Boukrouche-Tarzia, Comput. Optim. Appl., 53 (2012), 375-392 where the control variable is the internal energy $g$. It was proved the…
A class of optimal control problems of hybrid nature governed by semilinear parabolic equations is considered. These problems involve the optimization of switching times at which the dynamics, the integral cost, and the bounds on the…
In this paper we slightly improve the regularity theory for the so called optimal design problem. We first establish the uniform rectifiability of the boundary of the optimal set, for a larger class of minimizers, in any dimension. As an…
The problem of determining the initial condition from noisy final observations in time-fractional parabolic equations is considered. This problem is well-known to be ill-posed and it is regularized by backward Sobolev-type equations. Error…