Optimal control of a parabolic fractional PDE: analysis and discretization

arXiv1905.10002MaRDI QIDQ6319286FDOQ6319286

Authors: Christian Glusa, Enrique Otárola 

Publication date: 23 May 2019

Abstract: We consider the integral definition of the fractional Laplacian and analyze a linear-quadratic optimal control problem for the so-called fractional heat equation; control constraints are also considered. We derive existence and uniqueness results, first order optimality conditions, and regularity estimates for the optimal variables. To discretize the state equation equation we propose a fully discrete scheme that relies on an implicit finite difference discretization in time combined with a piecewise linear finite element discretization in space. We derive stability results and a novel $L^2(0,T;L^2(Omega))$ a priori error estimate. On the basis of the aforementioned solution technique, we propose a fully discrete scheme for our optimal control problem that discretizes the control variable with piecewise constant functions and derive a priori error estimates for it. We illustrate the theory with one- and two-dimensional numerical experiments.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Existence theories for optimal control problems involving partial differential equations (49J20) Discrete approximations in optimal control (49M25) Stability and convergence of numerical methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M12) Error bounds for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M15) Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M60)

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