Numerical solution of the nonstationary Stokes system by methods of adjoint-equation theory and optimal control theory

Methods in optimal control and the adjoint-equation theory are applied to the design of iterative algorithms for the numerical solution of the nonstationary Stokes system perturbed by a skew-symmetric operator. A general scheme is presented for constructing algorithms of this kind as applied to a broad class of problems. The scheme is applied to the nonstationary Stokes equations, and the convergence rate of the corresponding iterative algorithm is examined. Some numerical results are given.