TheoremBase

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 (iii) 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,−C≤u1(x),u2(x)≤C,−C≤u2(x)for every x∈H.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 (ii) 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 x∈Vx\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 x∈Vx\in V. Hence u1(x)=u2(x)u_{1}(x)=u_{2}(x) for every x∈Vx\in V.

The subspace VV is nonempty and dense in HH by Hilbert Triples: Standing Notation and Background (i), and u1u_{1} and u2u_{2} are continuous on HH, so Extension of a Uniformly Continuous Real Function from a Dense Subset (ii), 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 x∈Hx\in H.

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