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Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation and Viscosity solutions for an optimal control problem for stochastic convective Brinkman-Forchheimer equations

Optimization and Control 2025-04-09 v1 Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

In this work, we consider the following two- and three-dimensional stochastic convective Brinkman-Forchheimer (SCBF) equations in torus Td, d{2,3}\mathbb{T}^d,\ d\in\{2,3\}: \begin{align*} \mathrm{d}\boldsymbol{u}+\left[-\mu \Delta\boldsymbol{u}+(\boldsymbol{u}\cdot\nabla)\boldsymbol{u}+\alpha\boldsymbol{u}+\beta|\boldsymbol{u}|^{r-1}\boldsymbol{u}+\nabla p\right]\mathrm{d}t=\mathrm{d}\mathrm{W}, \ \nabla\cdot\boldsymbol{u}=0, \end{align*} where μ,α,β>0\mu,\alpha,\beta>0, r[1,)r\in[1,\infty) and W\mathrm{W} is a Hilbert space valued Q\mathrm{Q}-Wiener process. The above system can be considered as damped stochastic Navier-Stokes equations. Using the dynamic programming approach, we study the infinite-dimensional second-order Hamilton-Jacobi equation associated with an optimal control problem for SCBF equations. For the supercritical case, that is, r(3,)r\in(3,\infty) for d=2d=2 and r(3,5)r\in(3,5) for d=3d=3 (2βμ12\beta\mu\geq 1 for r=3r=3 in d{2,3}d\in\{2,3\}), we first prove the existence of a viscosity solution for the infinite-dimensional HJB equation, which we identify with the value function of the associated control problem. By establishing a comparison principle for r(3,)r\in(3,\infty) and r=3r=3 with 2βμ12\beta\mu\geq1 in d{2,3}d\in\{2,3\}, we prove that the value function is the unique viscosity solution and hence we resolve the global unique solvability of the HJB equation in both two and three dimensions.

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@article{arxiv.2504.05707,
  title  = {Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation and Viscosity solutions for an optimal control problem for stochastic convective Brinkman-Forchheimer equations},
  author = {Sagar Gautam and Manil T. Mohan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.05707},
  year   = {2025}
}