Error estimates of the space–time spectral method for parabolic control problems

Abstract

This work is devoted to investigate the spectral approximation of optimal control of parabolic problems. The space–time method is used to boost high-order accuracy by applying dual Petrov–Galerkin spectral scheme in time and spectral method in space. The optimality conditions are derived, and the a priori error estimates indicate the convergence of the proposed method. Numerical tests confirm the theoretical results, and show the efficiency of the method.