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Convergence of an SQP-Method for a Class of Nonlinear Parabolic Boundary Control Problems

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Control and Estimation of Distributed Parameter Systems: Nonlinear Phenomena

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We investigate local convergence of an SQP method for an optimal control problem governed by a parabolic equation with nonlinear boundary condition. Sufficient conditions for local quadratic convergence of the method are discussed.

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Tröltzsch, F. (1994). Convergence of an SQP-Method for a Class of Nonlinear Parabolic Boundary Control Problems. In: Desch, W., Kappel, F., Kunisch, K. (eds) Control and Estimation of Distributed Parameter Systems: Nonlinear Phenomena. ISNM International Series of Numerical Mathematics, vol 118. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8530-0_19

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