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Shengjun Fan

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arXiv2019

General time interval multidimensional BSDEs with generators satisfying a weak stochastic-monotonicity condition

This paper establishes an existence and uniqueness result for the adapted solution of a general time interval multidimensional backward stochastic differential equation (BSDE), where the generator $g$ satisfies a weak stochastic-monotonicity condition and a general growth condition in the state variable $y$, and a stochastic-Lipschitz condition in the state variable $z$. This unifies and strengthens some known works. In order to prove this result, we develop some ideas and techniques employed in \citet{XiaoFan2017Stochastics} and \citet{LiuLiFan2019CAM}. In particular, we put forward and prove a stochastic Gronwall-type inequality and a stochastic Bihari-type inequality, which generalize the classical ones and may be useful in other places. The martingale representation theorem, Itô's formula and the BMO martingale tool are used to prove these two inequalities.

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arXiv2019

Existence, uniqueness, comparison theorem and stability theorem for unbounded solutions of scalar BSDEs with sub-quadratic generators

We first establish the existence of an unbounded solution to a backward stochastic differential equation (BSDE) with generator $g$ allowing a general growth in the state variable $y$ and a sub-quadratic growth in the state variable $z$, like $|z|^α$ for some $α\in (1,2)$, when the terminal condition satisfies a sub-exponential moment integrability condition like $\exp\left(μL^{2/α^*}\right)$ for the conjugate $α^*$ of $α$ and a positive parameter $μ>μ_0$ with a certain value $μ_0$, which is clearly weaker than the usual $\exp(μL)$ integrability and stronger than $L^p\ (p>1)$ integrability. Then, we prove the uniqueness and comparison theorem for the unbounded solutions of the preceding BSDEs under the additional assumptions that the terminal conditions have sub-exponential moments of any order and the generators are convex or concave in $(y,z)$. Afterwards, we extend the uniqueness and comparison theorem to the non-convexity and non-concavity case, and establish a general stability result for the unbounded solutions of the preceding BSDEs. Finally, with these tools in hands, we derive the nonlinear Feynman-Kac formula in this context.

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arXiv2019

On the uniqueness of solutions to quadratic BSDEs with non-convex generators and unbounded terminal conditions

We prove a uniqueness result of the unbounded solution for a quadratic backward stochastic differential equation whose terminal condition is unbounded and whose generator $g$ may be non-Lipschitz continuous in the state variable $y$, non-convex (non-concave) in the state variable $z$, and instead satisfies a strictly quadratic condition and an additional assumption. The key observation is that if the generator is strictly quadratic, then the quadratic variation of the first component of the solution admits an exponential moment. Typically, a Lipschitz perturbation of some convex (concave) function satisfies the additional assumption mentioned above. This generalizes some results obtained in \cite{BriandHu2006PTRF} and \cite{BriandHu2008PTRF}.

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arXiv2019

Existence and uniqueness of solution to scalar BSDEs with $L\exp\left(μ\sqrt{2\log(1+L)}\right)$-integrable terminal values: the critical case

In \cite{HuTang2018ECP}, the existence of the solution is proved for a scalar linearly growing backward stochastic differential equation (BSDE) when the terminal value is $L\exp\left(μ\sqrt{2\log(1+L)}\right)$-integrable for a positive parameter $μ>μ_0$ with a critical value $μ_0$, and a counterexample is provided to show that the preceding integrability for $μ<μ_0$ is not sufficient to guarantee the existence of the solution. Afterwards, the uniqueness result (with $μ>μ_0$) is also given in \cite{BuckdahnHuTang2018ECP} for the preceding BSDE under the uniformly Lipschitz condition of the generator. In this note, we prove that these two results still hold for the critical case: $μ=μ_0$.

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arXiv2017

Probabilistic interpretation of HJB equations by the representation theorem for generators of BSDEs

The purpose of this note is to propose a new approach for the probabilistic interpretation of Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equations associated with stochastic recursive optimal control problems, utilizing the representation theorem for generators of backward stochastic differential equations. The key idea of our approach for proving this interpretation consists of transmitting the signs between the solution and generator via the identity given by representation theorem. Compared with existing methods, our approach seems to be more applicable for general settings. This can also be regarded as a new application of such representation theorem.

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arXiv2017

A representation theorem for generators of BSDEs with general growth generators in $y$ and its applications

In this paper we first prove a general representation theorem for generators of backward stochastic differential equations (BSDEs for short) by utilizing a localization method involved with stopping time tools and approximation techniques, where the generators only need to satisfy a weak monotonicity condition and a general growth condition in $y$ and a Lipschitz condition in $z$. This result basically solves the problem of representation theorems for generators of BSDEs with general growth generators in $y$. Then, such representation theorem is adopted to prove a probabilistic formula, in viscosity sense, of semilinear parabolic PDEs of second order. The representation theorem approach seems to be a potential tool to the research of viscosity solutions of PDEs.

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arXiv2016

$L^p\ (p>1)$ solutions of BSDEs with generators satisfying some non-uniform conditions in $t$ and $ω$

This paper is devoted to the $L^p$ ($p>1$) solutions of one-dimensional backward stochastic differential equations (BSDEs for short) with general time intervals and generators satisfying some non-uniform conditions in $t$ and $ω$. An existence and uniqueness result, a comparison theorem and an existence result for the minimal solutions are respectively obtained, which considerably improve some known works. Some classical techniques used to deal with the existence and uniqueness of $L^p$ ($p>1$) solutions of BSDEs with Lipschitz or linear-growth generators are also developed in this paper.

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arXiv2013

Multidimensional BSDEs with uniformly continuous generators and general time intervals

This paper is devoted to solving a multidimensional backward stochastic differential equation with a general time interval, where the generator is uniformly continuous in $(y,z)$ non-uniformly with respect to $t$. By establishing some results on deterministic backward differential equations with general time intervals, and by virtue of Girsanov's theorem and convolution technique, we establish a new existence and uniqueness result for solutions of this kind of backward stochastic differential equations, which extends the results of Hamadene (2003) and Fan, Jiang, Tian (2011) to the general time interval case.

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arXiv2013

$L^p$ $(p\geq 1)$ solutions of multidimensional BSDEs with monotone generators in general time intervals

In this paper, we are interested in solving general time interval multidimensional backward stochastic differential equations in $L^p$ $(p\geq 1)$. We first study the existence and uniqueness for $L^p$ $(p>1)$ solutions by the method of convolution and weak convergence when the generator is monotonic in $y$ and Lipschitz continuous in $z$ both non-uniformly with respect to $t$. Then we obtain the existence and uniqueness for $L^1$ solutions with an additional assumption that the generator has a sublinear growth in $z$ non-uniformly with respect to $t$.

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