\input zb-basic \input zb-ioport \iteman{io-port 04040669} \itemau{Lopez Saura, I.} \itemti{Difference approximation and regularization of a parabolic problem of optimal control.} \itemso{Vestn. Mosk. Univ., Ser. XV 1987, No.3, 35-42 (1987).} \itemab The paper deals with the optimal control problem $J(u)=a\sb 1\int\sp{\ell}\sb{0}\vert x(s,T,u)-q(s)\vert \quad 2ds+a\sb 2\int\sp{T}\sb{0}\vert x(\ell,\quad t,u)-v(t)\vert \quad 2dt=\min,$ $x\sb t=a\quad 2x\sb{ss}-u(t)x\sb s-bx+f(s,t),\quad 0