This presents a self-contained treatment of Hamilton-Jacobi equations in Hilbert spaces. Most of the results presented have been obtained by the authors. The treatment is novel in that it is concerned with infinite dimensional Hamilton-Jacobi equations; it therefore does not overlap with Research Note #69. Indeed, these books are in a sense complementary.
State of the art treatment of a subject which has applications in mathematical physics, biology and finance. Includes discussion of applications to control theory. There are numerous notes and references that point to further reading. Coverage of some essential background material helps to make the book self contained.
This graduate-level text opens with an elementary presentation of Hilbert space theory sufficient for understanding the rest of the book. Additional topics include boundary value problems, evolution equations, optimization, and approximation.1979 edition.
This paper is the second in a series by the authors concerned with the theory of viscosity solutions Hamilton-Jacobi equations in infinite dimensional spaces. The first paper introduced a notion of viscosity solution appropriate for the study of Hamilton-Jacobi equations in spaces with the so-called Radon-Nikodym property and obtained uniqueness theorems under assumptions paralleling the finite dimensional theory. The main results of the current paper concern existence of solutions of stationary and time-dependent Hamilton-Jacobi equations. In order to establish these results it is necessary to overcome the difficulties associated with the fact that bounded sets are not precompact in infinite dimensions and this is done by sharp constructive estimates coupled with the use of differential games to solve regularized problems. Interest in this subject arises on the abstract side from the desire to contribute to the theory of linear partial differential equations in infinite dimensional spaces to treat natural questions raised by the finite dimensional theory. Interest also arises from potential applications to the theory of control of partial differential equations. However, the results herein do not apply directly to problems of the form arising in the control of partial differential equations, a question which wil be treated in the next paper of the series. Additional keywords: Banach spaces, Existence theory. (Author).
This softcover book is a self-contained account of the theory of viscosity solutions for first-order partial differential equations of Hamilton–Jacobi type and its interplay with Bellman’s dynamic programming approach to optimal control and differential games. It will be of interest to scientists involved in the theory of optimal control of deterministic linear and nonlinear systems. The work may be used by graduate students and researchers in control theory both as an introductory textbook and as an up-to-date reference book.
This volume contains a complete and self-contained treatment of Hamilton-Jacobi equations. The author gives a new presentation of classical methods and of the relations between Hamilton-Jacobi equations and other fields. This complete treatment of both classical and recent aspects of the subject is presented in such a way that it requires only elementary notions of analysis and partial differential equations.
The recent introduction of the theory of viscosity solutions of nonlinear first-order partial differential equations - which we will call Hamilton-Jacobi equations or HJE's here - has stimulated a very strong development of the existence and uniqueness theory of HJE's as well as a revitalization and perfection of the theory concerning the interaction between HJE's and the diverse areas in which they arise. The areas of application include the calculus of variations, control theory and differential games. This paper is the first of a series by the authors concerning the theoretical foundations of a corresponding program in infinite dimensional spaces. The basic question of what the appropriate notion of a viscosity solution should be in an infinite dimensional space is answered in spaces with the Radon-Nikodym property by observing that the finite dimensional characterization may be used essentially unchanged. Technical difficulties which arise in attempting to work with this definition because bounded continuous functions on balls in infinite dimensional spaces need not have maxima are dispatched with the aid of the variational principle which states that maxima do exist upon perturbation by an arbitrarily small linear functional.
This paper is concerned with a number of topics in the theory of viscosity solutions of Hamilton Jacobi equations in infinite dimensional spaces. The development of the theory in the generality in which the space or state variable lies in an infinite dimensional space is partly motivated by the hope of eventual applications to the theory of control of partial differential equations or control under partial observation. Among the results presented are: The existence and uniqueness theory previously discussed in spaces with the Radon Nikodym property is extended beyond this class; examples are given which show that Galerkin approximation arguments in their naive forms cannot be made the basis of an existence theory; some equations with unbounded terms of the sort that arise in control of pde's are treated by means of a change of variables reducing the problem to the previously studied cases. Keywords: Viscosity solutions; Hamilton Jacobi equations.
