Superconvergence Analysis of Finite Element Methods for Optimal Control Problems of the Stationary Bénard Type

Superconvergence Analysis of Finite Element Methods for Optimal Control Problems of the Stationary Bénard Type

Year:    2008

Journal of Computational Mathematics, Vol. 26 (2008), Iss. 5 : pp. 660–676

Abstract

In this paper, we consider the finite element approximation of the distributed optimal control problems of the stationary Bénard type under the pointwise control constraint. The states and the co-states are approximated by polynomial functions of lowest-order mixed finite element space or piecewise linear functions and the control is approximated by piecewise constant functions. We give the superconvergence analysis for the control; it is proved that the approximation has a second-order rate of convergence. We further give the superconvergence analysis for the states and the co-states. Then we derive error estimates in $L^\infty$-norm and optimal error estimates in $L^2$-norm.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/2008-JCM-8650

Journal of Computational Mathematics, Vol. 26 (2008), Iss. 5 : pp. 660–676

Published online:    2008-01

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Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    17

Keywords:    Optimal control problem The stationary Bénard problem Nonlinear coupled system Finite element approximation Superconvergence.