APPLICATIONS OF THE HOPF-LAX FORMULA FOR U(T)+H(U,DU)=0

Citation
En. Barron et al., APPLICATIONS OF THE HOPF-LAX FORMULA FOR U(T)+H(U,DU)=0, SIAM journal on mathematical analysis, 29(4), 1998, pp. 1022-1039
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics,Mathematics
ISSN journal
00361410
Volume
29
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1022 - 1039
Database
ISI
SICI code
0036-1410(1998)29:4<1022:AOTHFF>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The gamma (sub)level set of the solution to w(t) + H(gamma, D(x)w) = 0 is the same as the gamma (sub)level set of the solution to u(t) + H(u , D(x)u) = 0, and the solution u may be built from w. This result is a pplied to determining upper and lower bounds for a solution of u(t) H-1(u, Du) + H-2(u, Du) = 0, with H-1 convex and H-2 concave, as well as u(t) + H(u, Du) = 0, but with initial data u(0, x) = g(1)(x) boolea n OR g(2)(x) or g(1)(x) boolean AND g(2)(x), with g(1) quasi-convex an d g(2) quasi-concave. A differential game in L-infinity is constructed giving a new proof of the Hopf formula.