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We establish the stability of metric viscosity solutions to first-order Hamilton--Jacobi equations under Gromov--Hausdorff convergence. Our proof combines a characterization of metric viscosity solutions via quadratic distance functions…

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We determine the large-time behavior of unbounded solutions for the so-called viscous Hamilton Jacobi equation, $u_t - \Delta u + |Du|^m = f(x)$, in the quadratic and subquadratic cases (i.e., for $1<m\leq 2$), with a particular focus on…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-11-09 Alexander Quaas , Andrei Rodríguez-Paredes

In this paper, we revisit the technique of doubling variables in first order Hamilton-Jacobi equations, especially when the equations arise in optimal control. We show that by tuning the penalization between the two points, we can change…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-12-04 Charles Bertucci , Giacomo Ceccherini Silberstein

We show that non-dominated sorting of a sequence of i.i.d. random variables in Euclidean space has a continuum limit that corresponds to solving a Hamilton-Jacobi equation involving the probability density function of the random variables.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-12-18 Jeff Calder , Selim Esedoglu , Alfred O. Hero

We develop a discrete analogue of Hamilton-Jacobi theory in the framework of discrete Hamiltonian mechanics. The resulting discrete Hamilton-Jacobi equation is discrete only in time. We describe a discrete analogue of Jacobi's solution and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-08-15 Tomoki Ohsawa , Anthony M. Bloch , Melvin Leok

We study the dispersion of a particle whose motion dynamics can be described by a forced velocity jump process. To investigate large deviations results, we study the Chapman-Kolmogorov equation of this process in the hyperbolic scaling…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-10-31 Nils Caillerie

We study a singular perturbation problem for second-order Hamilton-Jacobi equations in the Wasserstein space. Specifically, we characterize the behavior of the solutions as the perturbation parameter $\varepsilon$ tends to zero. The notion…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-08-21 Antonios Zitridis

We provide a general result concerning the homogenization of nonconvex viscous Hamilton-Jacobi equations in the stationary, ergodic setting. In particular, we show that homogenization occurs for a non-empty set of points within every level…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-02-24 Benjamin J. Fehrman

We present a new formulation for the computation of solutions of a class of Hamilton Jacobi Bellman (HJB) equations on closed smooth surfaces of co-dimension one. For the class of equations considered in this paper, the viscosity solution…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-08-06 Lindsay Martin , Richard Tsai

Based on a fixed point argument, we give a {\it dynamical representation} of the viscosity solution to Cauchy problem of certain weakly coupled systems of Hamilton-Jacobi equations with continuous initial datum. Using this formula, we…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-12-27 Liang Jin , Lin Wang , Jun Yan

The paper is devoted to prove the existence of a local solution of the Hamilton-Jacobi equation in field theory, whence the general solution of the field equations can be obtained. The solution is adapted to the choice of the submanifold…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Danilo Bruno

The well known phenomenon of exponential contraction for solutions to the viscous Hamilton-Jacobi equation in the space-periodic setting is based on the Markov mechanism. However, the corresponding Lyapunov exponent $\lambda(\nu)$…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2021-05-03 Konstantin Khanin , Ke Zhang , Lei Zhang

This work is the third part of a program initiated in arXiv:2111.13258, arXiv:2302.06571 aiming at the development of an intrinsic geometric well-posedness theory for Hamilton-Jacobi equations related to controlled gradient flow problems in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-02-02 Giovanni Conforti , Richard C. Kraaij , Luca Tamanini , Daniela Tonon

We study a selection problem for degenerate viscous Hamilton--Jacobi equations with convex Hamiltonians, in which the approximation procedure combines a nonlinear discounted approximation with a small potential perturbation. A key question…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-14 Qinbo Chen , Zhi-Xiang Zhu

This paper develops a comprehensive Hamilton-Jacobi framework to analyze asymptotic propagation dynamics in a field-road system featuring unidirectional advection and Wentzell-type boundary conditions. We rigorously derive a Hamilton-Jacobi…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-27 Xinye Xiao , Haomin Huang

Viscosity solutions of fully nonlinear, local or non local, Hamilton-Jacobi equations with a super-quadratic growth in the gradient variable are proved to be H\"older continuous, with a modulus depending only on the growth of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-10-18 Pierre Cardaliaguet , Catherine Rainer

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*}…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-04-13 Yeoneung Kim

We construct an explicit representation of viscosity solutions of the Cauchy problem for the Hamilton-Jacobi equation $(H,\sigma)$ on a given domain $\Omega= (0,T)\times \R^n.$ It is known that, if the Hamiltonian $H = H(t,p)$ is not a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-04-26 Nguyen Hoang , Nguyen Mau Nam

The numerical simulation of the inviscid Burgers' equation is often hindered by spurious oscillations near discontinuities. To mitigate this issue, a viscous term can be introduced, leading to the viscous Burgers' equation. In this work,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-14 Lorenzo Agostini , Michel Fournié , Ghislain Haine