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Well-posedness for constrained Hamilton-Jacobi equations

Analysis of PDEs 2018-04-13 v1

Abstract

The goal of this paper is to study a Hamilton-Jacobi equation \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} u_t=H(Du)+R(x,I(t)) &\text{in }\mathbb{R}^n \times (0,\infty), \sup_{\mathbb{R}^n} u(\cdot,t)=0 &\text{on }[0,\infty), \end{cases} \end{equation*} with initial conditions I(0)=0I(0)=0, u0(x,0)=u0(x)u_0(x,0)=u_0(x) on Rn\mathbb{R}^n. Here (u,I)(u,I) is a pair of unknowns and the Hamiltonian HH and the reaction RR are given. And I(t)I(t) is an unknown constraint (Lagrange multiplier) that forces supremum of uu to be always zero. We construct a solution in the viscosity setting using a fixed point argument when the reaction term R(x,I)R(x,I) is strictly decreasing in II. We also discuss both uniqueness and nonuniqueness. For uniqueness, a certain structural assumption on R(x,I)R(x,I) is needed. We also provide an example with infinitely many solutions when the reaction term is not strictly decreasing in II.

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@article{arxiv.1804.04315,
  title  = {Well-posedness for constrained Hamilton-Jacobi equations},
  author = {Yeoneung Kim},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.04315},
  year   = {2018}
}
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