TY - JOUR T1 - $L^∞$-Error Estimates for General Optimal Control Problem by Mixed Finite Element Methods JO - International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling VL - 3 SP - 441 EP - 456 PY - 2008 DA - 2008/05 SN - 5 DO - http://doi.org/ UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/ijnam/820.html KW - $L^∞$-error estimates, mixed finite element, optimal control. AB -

In this paper, we investigate the $L^∞$-error estimates for the solutions of general optimal control problem by mixed finite element methods. The state and co-state are approximated by the lowest order Raviart-Thomas mixed finite element spaces and the control is approximated by piecewise constant functions. We derive $L^∞$-error estimates of optimal order both for the state variables and the control variable.