Comparison and existence results for evolutive non-coercive first-order Hamilton-Jacobi equations

Alessandra Cutrì; Francesca Da Lio

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations (2007)

  • Volume: 13, Issue: 3, page 484-502
  • ISSN: 1292-8119

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In this paper we prove a comparison result between semicontinuous viscosity subsolutions and supersolutions to Hamilton-Jacobi equations of the form u t + H ( x , D u ) = 0 in I R n × ( 0 , T ) where the Hamiltonian H may be noncoercive in the gradient Du. As a consequence of the comparison result and the Perron's method we get the existence of a continuous solution of this equation.

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Cutrì, Alessandra, and Da Lio, Francesca. "Comparison and existence results for evolutive non-coercive first-order Hamilton-Jacobi equations." ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations 13.3 (2007): 484-502. <http://eudml.org/doc/249998>.

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abstract = { In this paper we prove a comparison result between semicontinuous viscosity subsolutions and supersolutions to Hamilton-Jacobi equations of the form $u_t+H(x,Du) = 0$ in $\{\rm I\}\!\{\rm R\}^n\times(0,T)$ where the Hamiltonian H may be noncoercive in the gradient Du. As a consequence of the comparison result and the Perron's method we get the existence of a continuous solution of this equation. },
author = {Cutrì, Alessandra, Da Lio, Francesca},
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