Smooth solutions of systems of quasilinear parabolic equations
ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations, Volume 8  (2002), p. 169-193

We consider in this article diagonal parabolic systems arising in the context of stochastic differential games. We address the issue of finding smooth solutions of the system. Such a regularity result is extremely important to derive an optimal feedback proving the existence of a Nash point of a certain class of stochastic differential games. Unlike in the case of scalar equation, smoothness of solutions is not achieved in general. A special structure of the nonlinear hamiltonian seems to be the adequate one to achieve the regularity property. A key step in the theory is to prove the existence of Hölder solution.

DOI : https://doi.org/10.1051/cocv:2002059
Classification:  35XX,  49XX
Keywords: parabolic equations, quasilinear, game theory, regularity, stochastic optimal control, smallness condition, specific structure, maximum principle, Green function, hamiltonian
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Bensoussan, Alain; Frehse, Jens. Smooth solutions of systems of quasilinear parabolic equations. ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations, Volume 8 (2002) , pp. 169-193. doi : 10.1051/cocv:2002059. http://www.numdam.org/item/COCV_2002__8__169_0/

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