Static class-guided selection of elementary solutions in non-monotone vanishing discount problems
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 with a suitably chosen constant . By appropriately changing the signs of the function on different static classes associated with , we show that the maximal viscosity solution converges uniformly as and that all elementary solutions of the stationary equation 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 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.
Cite
@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