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The equivalence of viscosity and distributional subsolutions for convex subequations - a strong Bellman principle

  • Rice University

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Abstract

There are two useful ways to extend nonlinear partial differential inequalities of second order beyond the class of C2 functions: one uses viscosity theory and the other uses the theory of distributions. This paper considers the convex situation where both extensions can be applied. The main result is that under a natural "second-order completeness" hypothesis, the two sets of extensons are isomorphic, in a sense that is made precise.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)621-652
Number of pages32
JournalBulletin of the Brazilian Mathematical Society
Volume44
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2013

Keywords

  • Bellman equation
  • convex subequation
  • distributional
  • plurisubharmonic
  • solution
  • subsolution
  • viscosity

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