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In this paper we study a class of one-dimensional, degenerate, semilinear backward stochastic partial differential equations (BSPDEs, for short) of parabolic type. By establishing some new a priori estimates for both linear and semilinear BSPDEs, we show that the regularity and uniform boundedness of the adapted solution to the semilinear BSPDE can be determined by those of the coefficients, a special feature that one usually does not expect from a stochastic differential equation. The proof follows the idea of the so-called bootstrap method, which enables us to analyze each of the derivatives of the solution under consideration. Some related results, including some comparison theorems of the adapted solutions for semilinear BSPDEs, as well as a nonlinear stochastic Feynman-Kac formula, are also given.
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Received: 16 January 2001 / Revised version: 11 October 2001 / Published online: 14 June 2002
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Hu, Y., Ma, J. & Yong, J. On semi-linear degenerate backward stochastic partial differential equations. Probab Theory Relat Fields 123, 381–411 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004400100193
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004400100193