Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation and Viscosity solutions for an optimal control problem for stochastic convective Brinkman-Forchheimer equations
Abstract
In this work, we consider the following two- and three-dimensional stochastic convective Brinkman-Forchheimer (SCBF) equations in torus : \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 , and is a Hilbert space valued 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, for and for ( for in ), 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 and with in , 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}
}