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Value functions and the Dirichlet problem for Isaacs equation in a smooth domain

Author(s): Jay Kovats
Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 361 (2009), 4045-4076.
MSC (2000): Primary 35B65, 35J60, 49N70, 91A05
Posted: April 1, 2009
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Abstract: In this paper, we investigate probabilistic solutions of the Dirichlet problem for the elliptic Isaacs equation in a smooth bounded domain in Euclidean space.

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Jay Kovats
Affiliation: Department of Mathematical Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida 32901
Email: jkovats@fit.edu

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9947-09-04732-1
PII: S 0002-9947(09)04732-1
Received by editor(s): May 7, 2007
Posted: April 1, 2009
Copyright of article: Copyright 2009, American Mathematical Society

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