TY - JOUR T1 - Fully Discrete $H$1-Galerkin Mixed Finite Element Methods for Parabolic Optimal Control Problems JO - Numerical Mathematics: Theory, Methods and Applications VL - 1 SP - 134 EP - 153 PY - 2018 DA - 2018/09 SN - 12 DO - http://doi.org/10.4208/nmtma.2019.m1623 UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/nmtma/12694.html KW - AB -

In this paper, we investigate a priori and a posteriori error estimates of fully discrete $H$1-Galerkin mixed finite element methods for parabolic optimal control problems. The state variables and co-state variables are approximated by the lowest order Raviart-Thomas mixed finite element and linear finite element, and the control variable is approximated by piecewise constant functions. The time discretization of the state and co-state are based on finite difference methods. First, we derive a priori error estimates for the control variable, the state variables and the adjoint state variables. Second, by use of energy approach, we derive a posteriori error estimates for optimal control problems, assuming that only the underlying mesh is static. A numerical example is presented to verify the theoretical results on a priori error estimates.