Related papers: Hopf-Lax formula and generalized characteristics
In this article we develop an analogue of Aubry Mather theory for time periodic dissipative equation \[ \left\{ \begin{aligned} \dot x&=\partial_p H(x,p,t),\\ \dot p&=-\partial_x H(x,p,t)-f(t)p \end{aligned} \right. \] with $(x,p,t)\in…
We study a one-parameter family of Eikonal Hamilton-Jacobi equations on an embedded network, and prove that there exists a unique critical value for which the corresponding equation admits global solutions, in a suitable viscosity sense.…
This paper studies Hamilton-Jacobi equations of evolution type defined in a general metric space. We give a notion of a solution through optimal principles and establish a unique existence theorem of the solution for initial value problems.…
For any compact connected manifold $M$, we consider the generalized contact Hamiltonian $H(x,p,u)$ defined on $T^*M\times\mathbb R$ which is conex in $p$ and monotonically increasing in $u$. Let $u_\epsilon^-:M\rightarrow\mathbb R$ be the…
We show that if a Hamilton-Jacobi equation admits a differentiable solution whose gradient is Lipschitz, then this solution is the unique semi-concave weak solution. Our result does not rely on any convexity (nor concavity) assumptions on…
The large time behavior of solutions to Cauchy problem for viscous Hamilton-Jacobi equation is classified. The large time asymptotics are given by very singular self-similar solutions on one hand and by self-similar viscosity solutions on…
The paper deals with a zero-sum differential game for a dynamical system which motion is described by a nonlinear delay differential equation under an initial condition defined by a piecewise continuous function. The corresponding Cauchy…
Two different types of generalized solutions, namely viscosity and variational solutions, were introduced to solve the first-order evolutionary Hamilton--Jacobi equation. They coincide if the Hamiltonian is convex in the momentum variable.…
We classify integrable Hamiltonian equations in 3D with the Hamiltonian operator d/dx, where the Hamiltonian density h(u, w) is a function of two variables: dependent variable u and the non-locality w such that w_x=u_y. Based on the method…
It is well known that when the nonlinearity is convex, the Hamilton-Jacobi PDE admits a unique semi-convex weak solution, which is the viscosity solution. In this paper, motivated by problems arising from spin glasses, we show that if the…
This paper deals with the generalized ergodic problem \[ H(x,u(x),Du(x))=c, \quad x\in M, \] where the unknown is a pair $(c,u)$ of a constant $c \in \mathbb{R}$ and a function $u$ on $M$ for which $u$ is a viscosity solution. We assume…
This is a survey paper on the quantitative analysis of the propagation of singularities for the viscosity solutions to Hamilton-Jacobi equations in the past decades. We also review further applications of the theory to various fields such…
We discuss various kinds of representation formulas for the viscosity solutions of the contact type Hamilton-Jacobi equations by using the Herglotz' variational principle.
Assume $M$ is a closed, connected and smooth Riemannian manifold. We consider the evolutionary Hamilton-Jacobi equation \begin{equation*} \left\{ \begin{aligned} &\partial_t u(x,t)+H(x,u(x,t),\partial_xu(x,t))=0,\quad (x,t)\in…
We study the Cauchy problem for the first order evolutive Hamilton-Jacobi equation with a Lipschitz initial condition. The Hamiltonian is not necessarily convex in the momentum variable and not a priori compactly supported. We build and…
We give a full characterization of the range of the operator which associates, to any initial condition, the viscosity solution at time $T$ of a Hamilton-Jacobi equation with convex Hamiltonian. Our main motivation is to be able to treat…
We study the long-time behavior of the unique viscosity solution $u$ of the viscous Hamilton-Jacobi Equation $u_t-\Delta u + |Du|^m = f\hbox{in }\Omega\times (0,+\infty)$ with inhomogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions, where $\Omega$ is a…
We prove the uniqueness of the viscosity solution to the Hamilton-Jacobi equation associated with a Bolza problem of the Calculus of Variations, assuming that the Lagrangian is autonomous, continuous, superlinear, and satisfies the usual…
We establish that a viscosity solution to a multidimensional Hamilton-Jacobi equation with a convex non-degenerate hamiltonian and Bohr almost periodic initial data decays to its infimum as time $t\to+\infty$.
Three definitions of viscosity solutions for Hamilton-Jacobi equations on networks recently appeared in literature ([1,4,6]). Being motivated by various applications, they appear to be considerably different. Aim of this note is to…