Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation and Viscosity solutions for an optimal control problem for stochastic convective Brinkman-Forchheimer equations

Abstract

In this work, we consider the following two- and three-dimensional stochastic convective Brinkman-Forchheimer (SCBF) equations in torus $\mathbb{T}^d,\ d\in\{2,3\}$: \begin{align*} \mathrm{d}\boldsymbol{u}+\left[-\mu \Delta\boldsymbol{u}+(\boldsymbol{u}\cdot\nabla)\boldsymbol{u}+\alpha\boldsymbol{u}+\beta|\boldsymbol{u}|^{r-1}\boldsymbol{u}+\nabla p\right]\mathrm{d}t=\mathrm{d}\mathrm{W}, \ \nabla\cdot\boldsymbol{u}=0, \end{align*} where $\mu,\alpha,\beta>0$, $r\in[1,\infty)$ and $\mathrm{W}$ is a Hilbert space valued $\mathrm{Q}-$Wiener process. The above system can be considered as damped stochastic Navier-Stokes equations. Using the dynamic programming approach, we study the infinite-dimensional second-order Hamilton-Jacobi equation associated with an optimal control problem for SCBF equations. For the supercritical case, that is, $r\in(3,\infty)$ for $d=2$ and $r\in(3,5)$ for $d=3$ ($2\beta\mu\geq 1$ for $r=3$ in $d\in\{2,3\}$), we first prove the existence of a viscosity solution for the infinite-dimensional HJB equation, which we identify with the value function of the associated control problem. By establishing a comparison principle for $r\in(3,\infty)$ and $r=3$ with $2\beta\mu\geq1$ in $d\in\{2,3\}$, we prove that the value function is the unique viscosity solution and hence we resolve the global unique solvability of the HJB equation in both two and three dimensions.