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A piecewise linear FEM for an optimal control problem of fractional operators: error analysis on curved domains
We propose and analyze a new discretization technique for a linear-quadratic
optimal control problem involving the fractional powers of a symmetric and
uniformly elliptic second oder operator; control constraints are considered.
Since these fractional operators can be realized as the Dirichlet-to-Neumann
map for a nonuniformly elliptic equation, we recast our problem as a
nonuniformly elliptic optimal control problem. The rapid decay of the solution
to this problem suggests a truncation that is suitable for numerical
approximation. We propose a fully discrete scheme that is based on piecewise
linear functions on quasi-uniform meshes to approximate the optimal control and
first-degree tensor product functions on anisotropic meshes for the optimal
state variable. We provide an a priori error analysis that relies on derived
Holder and Sobolev regularity estimates for the optimal variables and error
estimates for an scheme that approximates fractional diffusion on curved
domains; the latter being an extension of previous available results. The
analysis is valid in any dimension. We conclude by presenting some numerical
experiments that validate the derived error estimates
A FEM for an optimal control problem of fractional powers of elliptic operators
We study solution techniques for a linear-quadratic optimal control problem
involving fractional powers of elliptic operators. These fractional operators
can be realized as the Dirichlet-to-Neumann map for a nonuniformly elliptic
problem posed on a semi-infinite cylinder in one more spatial dimension. Thus,
we consider an equivalent formulation with a nonuniformly elliptic operator as
state equation. The rapid decay of the solution to this problem suggests a
truncation that is suitable for numerical approximation. We discretize the
proposed truncated state equation using first degree tensor product finite
elements on anisotropic meshes. For the control problem we analyze two
approaches: one that is semi-discrete based on the so-called variational
approach, where the control is not discretized, and the other one is fully
discrete via the discretization of the control by piecewise constant functions.
For both approaches, we derive a priori error estimates with respect to the
degrees of freedom. Numerical experiments validate the derived error estimates
and reveal a competitive performance of anisotropic over quasi-uniform
refinement