Hamilton–Jacobi equation

Layer 0 — Mathematicsin the differential-equations subtree

First-order nonlinear PDE ∂_t S + H(x, ∇S, t) = 0 for the action S. Characteristics coincide with Hamilton's equations; Crandall–Lions viscosity-solution theory handles non-smooth H.

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