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On Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equations with convex gradient constraints

Analysis of PDEs 2015-02-06 v2

Abstract

We study PDE of the form max{F(D2u,x)f(x),H(Du)}=0\max\{F(D^2u,x)-f(x), H(Du)\}=0 where FF is uniformly elliptic and convex in its first argument, HH is convex, ff is a given function and uu is the unknown. These equations are derived from dynamic programming in a wide class of stochastic singular control problems. In particular, examples of these equations arise in mathematical finance models involving transaction costs, in queuing theory, and spacecraft control problems. The main aspects of this work are to identify conditions under which solutions are uniquely defined and have Lipschitz continuous gradients. We also generalize previous results known for the case where MF(M,x)M\mapsto F(M,x) is the maximum of finitely many linear functions.

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@article{arxiv.1412.6202,
  title  = {On Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equations with convex gradient constraints},
  author = {Ryan Hynd and Henok Mawi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.6202},
  year   = {2015}
}
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