Uniqueness conjecture for viscosity solutions of the mixed stochastic differential game

Let V+V^+ and VV^- be the upper and lower value functions of the stochastic differential game of mixed type, defined by

V+(x)=supβ^Δ^infu1A1,θ0R(x,u1(),θ,β^[u1]()),V^+(x)=\sup_{\hat{\beta}\in\hat{\Delta}}\inf_{u_1\in\mathcal{A}_1,\,\theta\geq 0}R(x,u_1(\cdot),\theta,\hat{\beta}[u_1](\cdot)),

and

V(x)=infα^Γ^supu2A2,τ0R(x,α^[u2](),u2(),τ).V^-(x)=\inf_{\hat{\alpha}\in\hat{\Gamma}}\sup_{u_2\in\mathcal{A}_2,\,\tau\geq 0}R(x,\hat{\alpha}[u_2](\cdot),u_2(\cdot),\tau).

Here A1\mathcal{A}_1 and A2\mathcal{A}_2 are the admissible control sets, Γ^\hat{\Gamma} and Δ^\hat{\Delta} are the corresponding sets of non-anticipating control-and-stopping strategies, and

andand

are the two viscosity-solution equations associated with the game. Uniqueness conjecture. The value functions V+V^+ and VV^- are unique viscosity solutions of

andand

, respectively, in the class of bounded continuous functions. The conjecture is true for the special case treated in Section 3. Analogous results hold when the matrix aa is independent of the control variables and is uniformly elliptic, while the general statement remains unresolved.

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Primary source

Mrinal K Ghosh and K S Mallikarjuna Rao, “A probabilistic approach to second order variational inequalities with bilateral constraints”, arXiv:math/0406076 (2004).

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