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Uniqueness for the Dirichlet Problem for Second-Order Equations

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Reason: New corollary: uniqueness for the Dirichlet problem, obtained by applying the comparison principle in both directions to two continuous viscosity solutions agreeing on the boundary. · 1,294 chars · 10 deps · depth 23

Two continuous viscosity solutions on a bounded domain that agree on the boundary agree throughout the closure, for a continuous, strictly proper operator satisfying the structure condition.

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In the setting of Second-Order Equations on Euclidean Open Sets and of Bounded Open Domain in Euclidean Space, let FF be a second-order equation operator on Ω\Omega, let γR\gamma\in\mathbb{R} be positive and let ω\omega be a modulus of continuity. Assume that FF is continuous and strictly proper with constant γ\gamma, and that FF and ω\omega satisfy the structure condition of the comparison principle.

Let u,v:ΩRu,v:\overline{\Omega}\to\mathbb{R} be continuous on Ω\overline{\Omega}, as maps into the metric space (R,dR)(\mathbb{R},d_{\mathbb{R}}) of The Absolute Value Metric on the Real Line, and let uΩ,vΩ:ΩRu|_{\Omega},v|_{\Omega}:\Omega\to\mathbb{R} be the functions whose values at xΩx\in\Omega are u(x)u(x) and v(x)v(x). Assume that uΩu|_{\Omega} and vΩv|_{\Omega} are viscosity solutions of FF on Ω\Omega and that

u(x)=v(x)for every xΩ.u(x)=v(x)\qquad\text{for every }x\in\partial\Omega .

Then u(x)=v(x)u(x)=v(x) for every xΩx\in\overline{\Omega}.

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