A general convergence result for viscosity solutions of Hamilton-Jacobi equations and non-linear semigroups

Abstract

We extend the Barles-Perthame procedure of semi-relaxed limits of viscosity solutions of Hamilton-Jacobi equations of the type f - lambda H f = h. The convergence result allows for equations on a `converging sequence of spaces' as well as Hamilton-equations written in terms of two equations in terms of operators H_\dagger and H_\dagger that serve as natural upper and lower bounds for the `true' operator H. In the process, we establish a strong relation between non-linear pseudo-resolvents and viscosity solutions of Hamilton-Jacobi equations. As a consequence we derive a convergence result for non-linear semigroups.