A mixed formulation for the direct approximation of \(L^2\)-weighted controls for the linear heat equation (Q5965005)

The authors introduce a mixed formulation for the direct approximation of \(L^{2}\)-weighted controls for the linear heat equation. They first present some analysis in relaxing the conditions presented. Later by using the Global Craleman estimate, the authors show that a well-posed mixed formulation is also available for the limit and singular case for which \(\epsilon=0\). A numerical analysis of a mixed formulation in the case \(\varepsilon>0\) and of a mixed formulation in the case of \(\varepsilon =0\) is given. Some experiments which emphasize the remarkable robustness of the method presented are presented.