Approximations of optimal control problems for semilinear elliptic equations with discontinuous coefficients and states and with controls in the coefficients multiplying the highest derivatives

Abstract

Mathematical formulations of nonlinear optimal control problems for semilinear elliptic equations with discontinuous coefficients and solutions and with controls in the coefficients multiplying the highest derivatives are studied. Finite difference approximations of optimization problems are constructed, and the approximation error is estimated with respect to the state and the cost functional. Weak convergence of the approximations with respect to the control is proved. The approximations are regularized in the sense of Tikhonov.