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Superconvergence and L∞-Error Estimates of RT1 Mixed Methods for Semilinear Elliptic Control Problems with an Integral Constraint

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 May 2015

Yanping Chen  and
Tianliang Hou
Yanping Chen*
Affiliation:
School of Mathematical Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, Guangdong, China
Tianliang Hou*
Affiliation:
Hunan Key Laboratory for Computation and Simulation in Science and Engineering, Department of Mathematics, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, Hunan, China
*
Corresponding author.Email address:yanpingchen@scnu.edu.cn
Corresponding author.Email address:htlchb@163.com
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Abstract

In this paper, we investigate the superconvergence property and the L∞-error estimates of mixed finite element methods for a semilinear elliptic control problem with an integral constraint. The state and co-state are approximated by the order one Raviart-Thomas mixed finite element space and the control variable is approximated by piecewise constant functions or piecewise linear functions. We derive some super-convergence results for the control variable and the state variables when the control is approximated by piecewise constant functions. Moreover, we derive L∞-error estimates for both the control variable and the state variables when the control is discretized by piecewise linear functions. Finally, some numerical examples are given to demonstrate the theoretical results.

Keywords

49J2065N30Semilinear elliptic equationsoptimal control problemssuperconvergenceL∞-error estimatesmixed finite element methodspostprocessing
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Research Article
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Numerical Mathematics: Theory, Methods and Applications , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , August 2012 , pp. 423 - 446
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Copyright © Global Science Press Limited 2012

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