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Inhomogeneous infinity Laplace equation. (English) Zbl 1152.35042

Summary: We present the theory of the viscosity solutions of the inhomogeneous infinity Laplace equation \(\partial_{x_i} u\partial_{x_j} u\partial^2_{x_i x_j} u= f\) in domains in \(\mathbb{R}^n\). We show existence and uniqueness of a viscosity solution of the Dirichlet problem under the intrinsic condition that \(f\) does not change its sign. We also discover a characteristic, property, which we call the comparison with standard functions property, of the viscosity sub- and supersolutions of the equation with constant right-hand side. Applying these results and properties, we prove the stability of the inhomogeneous infinity Laplace equation with nonvanishing right-hand side, which states the uniform convergence of the viscosity solutions of the perturbed equations to that of the original inhomogeneous equation when both the right-hand side and boundary data are perturbed.
In the end, we prove the stability of the well-known homogeneous infinity Laplace equation \(\partial_{x_i} u\partial_{x_j} u\partial^2_{x_i x_j}u= 0\), which states that the viscosity solutions of the perturbed equations converge uniformly to the unique viscosity solution of the homogeneous equation when its right-hand side and boundary data are perturbed simultaneously.

MSC:

35J70 Degenerate elliptic equations
31A05 Harmonic, subharmonic, superharmonic functions in two dimensions
35B05 Oscillation, zeros of solutions, mean value theorems, etc. in context of PDEs
35B35 Stability in context of PDEs
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