@Article{NMTMA-4-180, author = {}, title = {Higher Order Triangular Mixed Finite Element Methods for Semilinear Quadratic Optimal Control Problems}, journal = {Numerical Mathematics: Theory, Methods and Applications}, year = {2011}, volume = {4}, number = {2}, pages = {180--196}, abstract = {

In this paper, we investigate a priori error estimates for the quadratic optimal control problems governed by semilinear elliptic partial differential equations using higher order triangular mixed finite element methods. The state and the co-state are approximated by the order $k$ Raviart-Thomas mixed finite element spaces and the control is approximated by piecewise polynomials of order $k$ ($k\geq 0$). A priori error estimates for the mixed finite element approximation of semilinear control problems are obtained. Finally, we present some numerical examples which confirm our theoretical results.

}, issn = {2079-7338}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.4208/nmtma.2011.42s.4}, url = {http://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/nmtma/5964.html} }