On nonuniqueness of viscosity solutions

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Authors Zhongdan Huan, Michael G. Crandall

Publication date 16 January 1993

Published in Differential and Integral Equations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Linear boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations (34B05) Generalized solutions to partial differential equations (35D99)

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So-called viscosity solutions to the Dirichlet problem \(- a(x)u+c(x)u'=f(x)\), \(u(-I)=\gamma_ -\), \(u(I)=\gamma_ +\) are studied when \(a(x)\geq 0\), \(c(x)\geq 0\). The authors establish a number of theorems, the simplest of which is the following: Let \(c(x)>0\) and \(x=0\) be the only point at which \(a(x)=0\); then (a) there exists a viscosity solution to the problem; (b) solutions to the problem are unique for every choice of data if and only if \(\int^ 1_{-1}{dx\over a(x)}=\infty\). More general boundary conditions are also considered. There is a comment on \textit{Ishii}'s example [see Commun. Pure Appl. Math. 42, No. 1, 15-45 (1989; Zbl 0645.35025)] of a special PDE.

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