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== Definition ==
== Definition ==


Given a family of linear integro-differential operators $\mathcal{L}$, we define the [[extremal operators]]$M^+_\mathcal{L}$ and $M^-_\mathcal{L}$:
Given a family of linear integro-differential operators $\mathcal{L}$, we define the [[extremal operators]] $M^+_\mathcal{L}$ and $M^-_\mathcal{L}$:
\begin{align*}
\begin{align*}
M^+_\mathcal{L} u(x) &= \sup_{L \in \mathcal{L}} L u(x) \\
M^+_\mathcal{L} u(x) &= \sup_{L \in \mathcal{L}} L u(x) \\
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We define a nonlinear operator $I$ to be elliptic in a domain $\Omega$ with respect to the class $\mathcal{L}$ if it assigns a continuous function $Iu$ to every function $u \in L^\infty(\R^n) \cap C^2(\Omega)$, and moreover for any two such functions $u$ and $v$:
We define a nonlinear operator $I$ to be elliptic in a domain $\Omega$ with respect to the class $\mathcal{L}$ if it assigns a continuous function $Iu$ to every function $u \in L^\infty(\R^n) \cap C^2(\Omega)$, and moreover for any two such functions $u$ and $v$:
\[M^-_\mathcal{L} u(x)\leq Iu(x) - Iv(x) \leq M^+_\mathcal{L} u(x), \]
\[M^-_\mathcal{L} [u-v](x)\leq Iu(x) - Iv(x) \leq M^+_\mathcal{L} [u-v] (x), \]
for any $x \in \Omega$.
for any $x \in \Omega$.


A fully nonlinear elliptic equation with respect to $\mathcal{L}$ is an equation of the form $Iu=0$ in $\Omega$ with $I$ uniformly elliptic respect to $\mathcal{L}$.
A fully nonlinear elliptic equation with respect to $\mathcal{L}$ is an equation of the form $Iu=0$ in $\Omega$ with $I$ uniformly elliptic respect to $\mathcal{L}$.

Revision as of 20:53, 26 May 2011

Fully nonlinear integro-differential equations are a nonlocal version of fully nonlinear elliptic equations of the form $F(D^2 u, Du, u, x)=0$. The main examples are the integro-differential Bellman equation from optimal control, and the Isaacs equation from stochastic games.

A general definition of ellipticity can be given that does not require a specific form of the equation. However, the main two applications are the two above.

Definition

Given a family of linear integro-differential operators $\mathcal{L}$, we define the extremal operators $M^+_\mathcal{L}$ and $M^-_\mathcal{L}$: \begin{align*} M^+_\mathcal{L} u(x) &= \sup_{L \in \mathcal{L}} L u(x) \\ M^-_\mathcal{L} u(x) &= \inf_{L \in \mathcal{L}} L u(x) \end{align*}

We define a nonlinear operator $I$ to be elliptic in a domain $\Omega$ with respect to the class $\mathcal{L}$ if it assigns a continuous function $Iu$ to every function $u \in L^\infty(\R^n) \cap C^2(\Omega)$, and moreover for any two such functions $u$ and $v$: \[M^-_\mathcal{L} [u-v](x)\leq Iu(x) - Iv(x) \leq M^+_\mathcal{L} [u-v] (x), \] for any $x \in \Omega$.

A fully nonlinear elliptic equation with respect to $\mathcal{L}$ is an equation of the form $Iu=0$ in $\Omega$ with $I$ uniformly elliptic respect to $\mathcal{L}$.