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Static class-guided selection of elementary solutions in non-monotone vanishing discount problems

Analysis of PDEs 2026-02-11 v1 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

We study a generalized vanishing discount problem for Hamilton--Jacobi equations, removing the standard monotonicity assumption, either in a global sense or when integrated against all Mather measures. Specifically, we consider λa(x)u(x)+H(x,Du(x))Aλ=c0, \lambda a(x)u(x)+H(x,Du(x))-A\lambda=c_0, with a suitably chosen constant A>0A>0. By appropriately changing the signs of the function a(x)a(x) on different static classes associated with HH, we show that the maximal viscosity solution converges uniformly as λ0+\lambda\to 0^+ and that all elementary solutions of the stationary equation H(x,Du(x))=c0 H(x,Du(x))=c_0 can be selected as limits. This provides the first result for selecting multiple viscosity solutions in vanishing discount problems beyond the usual monotonicity and integral assumptions, as long as a(x)a(x) is positive on one static class. Our results highlight the crucial role of static classes in controlling the asymptotic behavior of viscosity solutions. Previously, under usual monotonicity assumptions, only a single solution could be selected (as discussed in \cite{GL}), whereas our approach allows controlled selection of multiple solutions via static class-guided discount coefficients.

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@article{arxiv.2602.09697,
  title  = {Static class-guided selection of elementary solutions in non-monotone vanishing discount problems},
  author = {Panrui Ni and Jun Yan and Maxime Zavidovique},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.09697},
  year   = {2026}
}

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31 pages, 1 figure

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