The master equation and the convergence problem in mean field games

Annals of Mathematics Studies

Volumn 2019-January, Issue 201, 2019, Pages 1-222

  Cardaliaguet, Pierre ^a   Delarue, Francois ^a   Lasry, Jean Michel ^a   Lions, Pierre Louis ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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