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Uniqueness of absolute minimizers for $L^\fz$-functionals involving Hamiltonians $H(x,p)$

Analysis of PDEs 2016-09-21 v1

Abstract

For a bounded domain U\rnU\subset\rn, consider the L\fzL^\fz-functional involving a nonnegative Hamilton function H:U×\rn[0,\fz)H:\overline U\times\rn\to [0,\fz). In this paper, we will establish the uniqueness of absolute minimizers uW\loc1,\fz(U)C(U)u\in W^{1,\fz}_\loc(U)\cap C(\overline U) for HH, under the Dirichlet boundary value gC(U)g\in C(\partial U), provided \noindent (A1) HH is lower semicontinuous in U×\rn\overline U\times\rn, and H(x,)H(x,\cdot) is convex for any xUx\in\overline U. \noindent (A2) H(x,0)=minp\rnH(x,p)=0\displaystyle H(x,0)=\min_{p\in \rn}H(x,p)=0 for any xU x\in \overline U, and xU{p:H(x,p)=0}\displaystyle\bigcup_{x\in \overline U}\big\{p: H(x,p)=0\big\} is contained in a hyperplane of \rn\rn. \noindent (A3) For any \lz>0\lz>0, there exist 0<r\lzR\lz<\fz\displaystyle 0<r_\lz\le R_\lz<\fz, with lim\lz\fzr\lz=\fz\displaystyle\lim_{\lz\to\fz}r_\lz=\fz,such that B(0,r\lz){p\rn  H(x,p)<\lz}B(0,R\lz)  \lz>0 \mboxand xU.B(0,r_\lz)\subset \Big\{p\in\rn\ |\ H(x,p)< \lz\Big\}\subset B(0,R_\lz)\ \forall\ \lz> 0\ \mbox{and}\ x\in \overline U. This generalizes the uniqueness theorem by \cite{j93, jwy, acjs} and \cite{ksz} to a large class of Hamiltonian functions H(x,p)H(x,p) with xx-dependence. As a corollary, we confirm an open question on the uniqueness of absolute minimizers posed by {\cite{jwy}}. The proofs rely on geometric structure of the action function Lt(x,y)\mathcal L_t(x,y) induced by HH, and the identification of the absolute subminimality of uu with convexity of the Hamilton-Jacobi flow tTtu(x)t\mapsto T^tu(x)

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@article{arxiv.1509.04371,
  title  = {Uniqueness of absolute minimizers for $L^\fz$-functionals involving Hamiltonians $H(x,p)$},
  author = {Qianyun Miao and Changyou Wang and Yuan Zhou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.04371},
  year   = {2016}
}

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