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Proof of Uniqueness of a Bounded Continuous Viscosity Solution on a Hilbert Triple

corollarycor:uniqueness-bounded-continuous-solution-hilbert-triple-2026c
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· 1,327 chars · 5 deps · depth 28 Reason: Proof: carried forward from the published proof of the 2026b version, with the second-order comparison principle cited in place of the first-order one.

Each of the two solutions is both a subsolution and a supersolution, so the second-order comparison principle applied in both directions gives equality on the form space, and continuity extends it to the whole space.

Proof

Each result cited is universally quantified over the data in its own statement.

By Viscosity Subsolution, Supersolution and Solution of a Second-Order Equation on a Hilbert Triple §solution each of u1u_{1} and u2u_{2} is both a viscosity subsolution and a viscosity supersolution of FF on HH. By claim 6 of Properties of the Absolute Value in an Ordered Field, the hypotheses u1(x)C|u_{1}(x)|\le C and u2(x)C|u_{2}(x)|\le C give

u1(x)C,Cu1(x),u2(x)C,Cu2(x)for every xH.u_{1}(x)\le C,\quad -C\le u_{1}(x),\quad u_{2}(x)\le C,\quad -C\le u_{2}(x)\qquad\text{for every }x\in H .

Apply A Comparison Principle on a Hilbert Triple under the Second-Order Structure Condition §comparison with u1u_{1} as the subsolution, u2u_{2} as the supersolution and the constant CC: it gives u1(x)u2(x)u_{1}(x)\le u_{2}(x) for every xVx\in V. Applying it again with the roles of u1u_{1} and u2u_{2} exchanged gives u2(x)u1(x)u_{2}(x)\le u_{1}(x) for every xVx\in V. Hence u1(x)=u2(x)u_{1}(x)=u_{2}(x) for every xVx\in V.

The subspace VV is nonempty and dense in HH by Hilbert Triples: Standing Notation and Background §triple, and u1u_{1} and u2u_{2} are continuous on HH, so Extension of a Uniformly Continuous Real Function from a Dense Subset §uniqueness, applied in the metric space (H,dH)(H,d_{H}) with the dense subset VV, gives u1(x)=u2(x)u_{1}(x)=u_{2}(x) for every xHx\in H.

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