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Hamilton–Jacobi equations and two-person zero-sum differential games with unbounded controls∗

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2013

Hong Qiu  and
Jiongmin Yong
Hong Qiu
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Weihai 264209, Shandong, P.R. China Department of Mathematics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, 32816 FL, USA. Jiongmin.Yong@ucf.edu
Jiongmin Yong
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, 32816 FL, USA. Jiongmin.Yong@ucf.edu
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Abstract

A two-person zero-sum differential game with unbounded controls is considered. Under proper coercivity conditions, the upper and lower value functions are characterized as the unique viscosity solutions to the corresponding upper and lower Hamilton–Jacobi–Isaacs equations, respectively. Consequently, when the Isaacs’ condition is satisfied, the upper and lower value functions coincide, leading to the existence of the value function of the differential game. Due to the unboundedness of the controls, the corresponding upper and lower Hamiltonians grow super linearly in the gradient of the upper and lower value functions, respectively. A uniqueness theorem of viscosity solution to Hamilton–Jacobi equations involving such kind of Hamiltonian is proved, without relying on the convexity/concavity of the Hamiltonian. Also, it is shown that the assumed coercivity conditions guaranteeing the finiteness of the upper and lower value functions are sharp in some sense.

Keywords

Two-person zero-sum differential gamesunbounded controlHamilton–Jacobi equationviscosity solution
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Research Article
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ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations , Volume 19 , Issue 2 , April 2013 , pp. 404 - 437
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© EDP Sciences, SMAI, 2013

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