Mathematics – Probability
Scientific paper
2012-02-07
Mathematics
Probability
30 pages
Scientific paper
In this work we investigate regularity properties of a large class of Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equations with or without obstacles, which can be stochastically interpreted in form of a stochastic control system which nonlinear cost functional is defined with the help of a backward stochastic differential equation (BSDE) or a reflected BSDE (RBSDE). More precisely, we prove that, firstly, the unique viscosity solution $V(t,x)$ of such a HJB equation over the time interval $[0,T],$ with or without an obstacle, and with terminal condition at time $T$, is jointly Lipschitz in $(t,x)$, for $t$ running any compact subinterval of $[0,T)$. Secondly, for the case that $V$ solves a HJB equation without an obstacle or with an upper obstacle it is shown under appropriate assumptions that $V(t,x)$ is jointly semiconcave in $(t,x)$. These results extend earlier ones by Buckdahn, Cannarsa and Quincampoix [1]. Our approach embeds their idea of time change into a BSDE analysis. We also provide an elementary counter-example which shows that, in general, for the case that $V$ solves a HJB equation with a lower obstacle the semi-concavity doesn't hold true.
Buckdahn Rainer
Huang Jianhui
Li Juan
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