Extended finite element methods for optimal control problems governed by Poisson equation in non-convex domains

Abstract

This paper analyzes two eXtended finite element methods (XFEMs) for linear quadratic optimal control problems governed by Poisson equation in non-convex domains. We follow the variational discretization concept to discretize the continuous problems, and apply an XFEM with a cut-off function and a classic XFEM with a fixed enrichment area to discretize the state and co-state equations. Optimal error estimates are derived for the state, co-state and control. Numerical results confirm our theoretical results.