Viscosity Solutions of Fully second-order HJB Equations in the Wasserstein Space

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Main Authors: Bayraktar, Erhan, Cheung, Hang, Ekren, Ibrahim, Qiu, Jinniao, Tai, Ho Man, Zhang, Xin
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author Bayraktar, Erhan
Cheung, Hang
Ekren, Ibrahim
Qiu, Jinniao
Tai, Ho Man
Zhang, Xin
author_facet Bayraktar, Erhan
Cheung, Hang
Ekren, Ibrahim
Qiu, Jinniao
Tai, Ho Man
Zhang, Xin
contents In this paper, we show that the value functions of mean field control problems with common noise are the unique viscosity solutions to fully second-order Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equations, in a Crandall-Lions-like framework. We allow the second-order derivative in measure to be state-dependent and thus infinite-dimensional, rather than derived from a finite-dimensional operator, hence the term ''fully''. Our argument leverages the construction of smooth approximations from particle systems developed by Cosso, Gozzi, Kharroubi, Pham, and Rosestolato [Trans. Amer. Math. Soc., 2023], and the compactness argument via penalization of measure moments in Soner and Yan [Appl. Math. Optim., 2024]. Our work addresses unbounded dynamics and state-dependent common noise volatility, and to our knowledge, this is the first result of its kind in the literature.
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spellingShingle Viscosity Solutions of Fully second-order HJB Equations in the Wasserstein Space
Bayraktar, Erhan
Cheung, Hang
Ekren, Ibrahim
Qiu, Jinniao
Tai, Ho Man
Zhang, Xin
Optimization and Control
Analysis of PDEs
Probability
49L25, 35Q93, 35B51, 58E30
In this paper, we show that the value functions of mean field control problems with common noise are the unique viscosity solutions to fully second-order Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equations, in a Crandall-Lions-like framework. We allow the second-order derivative in measure to be state-dependent and thus infinite-dimensional, rather than derived from a finite-dimensional operator, hence the term ''fully''. Our argument leverages the construction of smooth approximations from particle systems developed by Cosso, Gozzi, Kharroubi, Pham, and Rosestolato [Trans. Amer. Math. Soc., 2023], and the compactness argument via penalization of measure moments in Soner and Yan [Appl. Math. Optim., 2024]. Our work addresses unbounded dynamics and state-dependent common noise volatility, and to our knowledge, this is the first result of its kind in the literature.
title Viscosity Solutions of Fully second-order HJB Equations in the Wasserstein Space
topic Optimization and Control
Analysis of PDEs
Probability
49L25, 35Q93, 35B51, 58E30
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.01612