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Solvability of BSDEs with possibly unbounded stochastic coefficients on a general weighted $L^p$ space

Probability 2026-03-17 v1

Abstract

This paper is devoted to solving a multidimensional backward stochastic differential equation (BSDE for short) with a general random terminal time τ\tau taking values in [0,+][0,+\infty]. The generator gg of such BSDE satisfies a stochastic monotonicity condition in the state variable yy and a stochastic Lipschitz condition in the state variable zz with possibly unbounded stochastic coefficients μR\mu_\cdot\in\R and νR+\nu_\cdot\in\R_+ satisfying 0τ(μt+νt2)dt<+\int_0^\tau (|\mu_t|+\nu^2_t) {\rm d}t<+\infty, along with a very general growth in yy that is more easily verified and weaker than existing ones. Let p>1p>1 be a given constant and ρμ+θ2[1(p1)]ν2\rho_\cdot\geq \mu_\cdot+\frac{\theta}{2[1\wedge(p-1)]}\nu_\cdot^2 be a given real-valued process for some constant θ>1\theta>1 such that 0τρtdt<+\int_0^\tau |\rho_t|{\rm d}t<+\infty. In a general weighted LpL^p space with a weighted factor e0tρrdre^{\int_0^t \rho_r{\rm d}r}, we establish an existence and uniqueness result for the adapted solution of previous BSDE when the terminal value satisfies an associated weighted integrability condition, broadening the scope of the process ρ\rho_\cdot in the weighted factor and thereby unifying and strengthening some corresponding existing results obtained in \citet{DarlingandPardoux1997}, \citet{Briand2003}, \citet{LiFan2024SD} and \citet{Li2025}. Some innovative ideas are presented in order to address the general weighted space and the very general growth condition. As applications, we prove the existence of viscosity solutions for parabolic and elliptic PDEs linked with previous BSDEs under some general assumptions on their nonlinear terms, and establish a dual representation of an unbounded dynamic concave utility defined on a general weighted LpL^p space via the weighted LpL^p solutions of previous BSDEs.

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@article{arxiv.2603.13873,
  title  = {Solvability of BSDEs with possibly unbounded stochastic coefficients on a general weighted $L^p$ space},
  author = {Yaqi Zhang and Xinying Li and Ying Hu and Shengjun Fan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.13873},
  year   = {2026}
}

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