Convex viscosity solutions and state constraints

Journal des Mathematiques Pures et Appliquees

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 265-288

  Alvarez, O ^a   Lasry, J M ^b   Lions, P L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b CAR   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Conjugate function; Convex envelope; Convexity; Elliptic equation; Fully nonlinear equation; Partial convexity; State constraints boundary condition; Viscosity solution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031091769     PISSN: 00217824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-7824(97)89952-7     Document Type: Article

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