# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

September  2012, 17(6): 1729-1750. doi: 10.3934/dcdsb.2012.17.1729

## Existence and compactness for weak solutions to Bellman systems with critical growth

 1 Ashbel Smith Professor, The University of Texas at Dallas, Chair Professor of Risk and Decision Analysis, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, WCU Distinguished Professor, Ajou University, 800 W. Campbell Rd, SM30, Richardson,TX 75080-3021, United States 2 Mathematical Institute, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague, Sokolovská 83, 186 75 Praha 8, Czech Republic 3 Institute for Applied Mathematics, Department of Applied Analysis, University of Bonn, Endenicher Allee 60, 53115 Bonn, Germany

Received  May 2011 Revised  August 2011 Published  May 2012

We deal with nonlinear elliptic and parabolic systems that are the Bellman systems associated to stochastic differential games as a main motivation. We establish the existence of weak solutions in any dimension for an arbitrary number of equations ("players"). The method is based on using a renormalized sub- and super-solution technique. The main novelty consists in the new structure conditions on the critical growth terms with allow us to show weak solvability for Bellman systems to certain classes of stochastic differential games.
Citation: Alain Bensoussan, Miroslav Bulíček, Jens Frehse. Existence and compactness for weak solutions to Bellman systems with critical growth. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - B, 2012, 17 (6) : 1729-1750. doi: 10.3934/dcdsb.2012.17.1729
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