Quasi-boundary value method for non-well posed problem for a parabolic equation with integral boundary condition (Q5947086)

For the heat equation with an integral boundary condition the following control by an initial condition problem is studied: to minimize the functional \(I(\xi) =\int_0^1|u(x, T, \xi)-\varphi(x)|^2 dx,\) where \(u(x, t, \xi)\) is a solution of the problem \[ \frac{\partial u(x, t)}{\partial t}=\frac{\partial^2 u(x, t)}{\partial x^2}, \quad x\in(0,1), \;t>0,\tag{1} \] \[ u(0,t)=0, \;\int_0^1u(x, t) dx=0,\quad u(x,0)=\xi(x). \] An approximate solution is found as a solution of (1) with the following nonlocal boundary value conditions depending on a small parameter \(\alpha\): \[ u(0,t)=0, \;\int_0^1u(x, t) dx=0, \quad t\in[0,T], \] \[ \alpha u(x,0) +(1-\alpha)u(x,T)=\varphi(x), \quad x\in(0,1). \] Such method is known as the auxiliary boundary condition method or ABC method. Convergence results and solution estimates are obtained in \(L_2(0,1)\).