A comparison principle based on couplings of partial integro-differential operators
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| author | Della Corte, Serena Fuchs, Fabian Kraaij, Richard C. Nendel, Max |
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| contents | This paper is concerned with a comparison principle for viscosity solutions to Hamilton-Jacobi (HJ), -Bellman (HJB), and -Isaacs (HJI) equations for general classes of partial integro-differential operators. Our approach innovates in three ways: (1) We reinterpret the classical doubling-of-variables method in the context of second-order equations by casting the Ishii-Crandall Lemma into a test function framework. This adaptation allows us to effectively handle non-local integral operators, such as those associated with Lévy processes. (2) We translate the key estimate on the difference of Hamiltonians in terms of an adaptation of the probabilistic notion of couplings, providing a unified approach that applies to differential, difference, and integral operators. (3) We strengthen the sup-norm contractivity resulting from the comparison principle to one that encodes continuity in the strict topology. We apply our theory to a variety of examples, in particular, to second-order differential operators and, more generally, generators of spatially inhomogeneous Lévy processes. |
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| spellingShingle | A comparison principle based on couplings of partial integro-differential operators Della Corte, Serena Fuchs, Fabian Kraaij, Richard C. Nendel, Max Analysis of PDEs Probability 35J60, 35D40, 45K05 (Primary) 49L25, 49Q22 (Secondary) This paper is concerned with a comparison principle for viscosity solutions to Hamilton-Jacobi (HJ), -Bellman (HJB), and -Isaacs (HJI) equations for general classes of partial integro-differential operators. Our approach innovates in three ways: (1) We reinterpret the classical doubling-of-variables method in the context of second-order equations by casting the Ishii-Crandall Lemma into a test function framework. This adaptation allows us to effectively handle non-local integral operators, such as those associated with Lévy processes. (2) We translate the key estimate on the difference of Hamiltonians in terms of an adaptation of the probabilistic notion of couplings, providing a unified approach that applies to differential, difference, and integral operators. (3) We strengthen the sup-norm contractivity resulting from the comparison principle to one that encodes continuity in the strict topology. We apply our theory to a variety of examples, in particular, to second-order differential operators and, more generally, generators of spatially inhomogeneous Lévy processes. |
| title | A comparison principle based on couplings of partial integro-differential operators |
| topic | Analysis of PDEs Probability 35J60, 35D40, 45K05 (Primary) 49L25, 49Q22 (Secondary) |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.19566 |