摘要

In this article, we investigate a priori error estimates for the optimal control problems governed by elliptic equations using higher order variational discretization and mixed finite element methods. The state and the co-state are approximated by the order k Raviart-Thomas mixed finite element spaces and the control is not discreted. A priori error estimates for the higher order variational discretization and mixed finite element approximation of control problems are obtained. Finally, we present some numerical examples which confirm our theoretical results.