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Contents
  1. C65-33: Existence at the logarithmic $L^1$ endpoint
  2. 1) FORMAL RESTATEMENT
  3. Brownian conventions used in this report.
  4. Precisely stated probabilistic tools.
  5. 2) QUICK LITERATURE/CONTEXT CHECK
  6. 3) ATTACK PLAN
  7. 4) WORK
  8. 5) VERIFICATION
  9. 6) FINAL
  10. References

C65-33: Existence at the logarithmic $L^1$ endpoint

Outcome: UNRESOLVED; constructive $L^2$ existence and a necessary identity proved.

Tools: web browsing available; Python computation available. Literature checked on 9 October 2026.

1) FORMAL RESTATEMENT

Brownian conventions used in this report.
Fix $T>0$ and an integer $d\ge1$. The probability space carries a $d$-dimensional Brownian motion $B$ with its completed, right-continuous natural filtration; ${\mathcal F}={\mathcal F}_T$ and ${\mathcal F}_0$ is trivial modulo null sets. A scalar solution consists of a continuous adapted real process $Y$ and a predictable ${\mathbb{R}}^d$-valued process $Z$ such that \[ \int_0^T |Z_t|^2dt+\int_0^T|g(t,Y_t,Z_t)|dt<\infty\quad{\mathbb{P}}\text{-a.s.}, \] and the displayed BSDE holds simultaneously for all times outside one null set. Equality of solutions means indistinguishability of $Y$ and $dt\otimes{\mathbb{P}}$-a.e. equality of $Z$. A process $X$ is of class (D) when $\{X_\tau:\tau\le T\text{ a stopping time}\}$ is uniformly integrable. Logs are natural, norms Euclidean, and ${\operatorname{sgn}}(0)=0$. At $T=0$ the assertions reduce to $Y_0=\xi$, with no nontrivial $Z$ component.

Precisely stated probabilistic tools.
We use Itô's formula and its Tanaka version for continuous semimartingales, Brownian martingale representation, and the following forms of change of measure. If $\theta$ is predictable and ${\mathbb{E}}\exp(\frac12\int_0^T|\theta|^2)<\infty$, Novikov's theorem says that $D={\mathcal E}(\int\theta\,dB)$ is a uniformly integrable martingale; under $d{\mathbb{Q}}=D_Td{\mathbb{P}}$, $B-\int\theta dt$ is Brownian. Here ${\mathcal E}(M)=\exp(M-\langle M\rangle/2)$. Also, for a continuous Brownian martingale, the BMO hypothesis \[ {\operatorname*{ess\,sup}}_{\tau\le T}{\mathbb{E}}\left[\left.\int_\tau^T|\theta_t|^2dt\right|{\mathcal F}_\tau\right]<\infty \] implies that $D$ is uniformly integrable and $D_T\in L^q$ for some $q>1$; this is the continuous-martingale BMO exponential theorem [Kazamaki]. Each use below verifies the relevant integrability hypothesis. A local submartingale or supermartingale of class (D) is a true submartingale or supermartingale: apply the localized conditional inequalities and pass to the limit using uniform integrability. A local martingale of class (D) therefore equals the conditional expectation of its terminal value.

For every $\xi\in L^1({\mathcal F}_T)$, does there exist a solution with $Y$ of class (D) to \[ Y_t=\xi+\int_t^T g(Z_s)ds-\int_t^TZ_s\,dB_s, \qquad g(z)=\frac{|z|}{\sqrt{\log(e+|z|)}}? \] The coefficient, logarithm, and exponent $-1/2$ are fixed. Terminal values may have either sign and need not have any $L\log^q L$ moment. The desired class-(D) condition is on $Y$, not $|Y|^p$ or $e^{|Y|}$. A construction of some local solution would not suffice. The main stress point is a very heavy but integrable positive terminal tail.

2) QUICK LITERATURE/CONTEXT CHECK

This is Problem 5.1 of Fan--Hu--Tang [FHT]. That source explicitly distinguishes the critical generator from its slower-growth and positive-log-moment neighboring regimes. The argument below proves an elementary square-integrable subclass without importing an endpoint existence assertion from a stronger theorem.

3) ATTACK PLAN

Proof routes. Use the generator's Lipschitz constant to solve bounded or square-integrable approximations; then seek uniform class-(D) control for truncations. A direct integrable martingale formulation is another route.

Disproof routes. Test constants and affine Brownian terminals first; then construct an explicit $L^1$ terminal outside every positive log-moment class and examine whether the necessary generator-integrability identity fails. No such failure is established here.

Landscape and tools. This is endpoint stochastic existence. Radial differentiation identifies the exact Lipschitz constant; Brownian representation constructs the martingale part; a contraction on short time intervals proves existence; Doob's $L^2$ inequality gives class (D); monotone convergence controls a nonnegative generator integral; de la Vallée Poussin-type uniform integrability is the missing compactness issue; and a probability-integral transform provides explicit terminal tails.

4) WORK

Lemma (Global Lipschitz bound): The generator is nonnegative, $g(0)=0$, $g(z)\le|z|$, and $|g(z)-g(w)|\le|z-w|$ for every $z,w$.
Proof: For $f(r)=r/\sqrt{\log(e+r)}$, put $L=\log(e+r)\ge1$. Direct differentiation gives \[ f'(r)=L^{-1/2}\left(1-\frac{r}{2(e+r)L}\right),\qquad r\ge0. \] The term subtracted in parentheses lies in $[0,1/2)$, so $0<f'(r)\le1$. The mean value theorem and $||z|-|w||\le|z-w|$ yield the claim. The remaining assertions follow from $L\ge1$. ∎
Theorem (Constructive existence for $\xi\in L^2$): For every square-integrable terminal value, a solution exists with ${\mathbb{E}}\sup_{t\le T}|Y_t|^2<\infty$ and ${\mathbb{E}}\int_0^T|Z_t|^2dt<\infty$. In particular $Y$ is of class (D).
Proof: First work on $[a,b]$ with length $h=b-a<1$ and terminal value $\eta\in L^2({\mathcal F}_b)$. Let $\mathcal H^2[a,b]$ be the Hilbert space of predictable integrands with norm $\|z\|^2={\mathbb{E}}\int_a^b|z_t|^2dt$, identifying integrands equal a.e. For $z\in\mathcal H^2$, the variable $H=\eta+\int_a^b g(z_t)dt$ is square-integrable by Cauchy--Schwarz and $g(z)\le|z|$. Represent the martingale $M_t={\mathbb{E}}[H\mid{\mathcal F}_t]$ on $[a,b]$ as $M_t=M_a+\int_a^t\widehat Z_s\,dB_s$, and define $\mathcal T(z)=\widehat Z$.

For two inputs, Itô isometry and conditional centering give \begin{align*} \|\mathcal T(z)-\mathcal T(z')\|^2 &={\mathbb{E}}\left|\Delta H-{\mathbb{E}}[\Delta H\mid{\mathcal F}_a]\right|^2\\ &\le{\mathbb{E}}|\Delta H|^2 \le h\,{\mathbb{E}}\int_a^b|g(z_t)-g(z'_t)|^2dt \le h\|z-z'\|^2. \end{align*} Starting from zero and iterating $\mathcal T$ gives a Cauchy sequence because successive distances are bounded by a geometric sequence with ratio $\sqrt h<1$. Completeness gives a limit $Z$; continuity of $\mathcal T$ makes it a fixed point. Define $Y_t=M_t-\int_a^tg(Z_s)ds$. Subtracting the equation at $b$ verifies the BSDE. Moreover Doob's inequality gives ${\mathbb{E}}\sup_{a\le t\le b}|M_t|^2\le4{\mathbb{E}}|H|^2$, and $\sup_{a\le t\le b}|\int_a^tg(Z_s)ds|^2\le h\int_a^b|Z_s|^2ds$. These yield the asserted bounds on this interval.

Partition $[0,T]$ into finitely many intervals of length less than one. Solve the last interval, then use its square-integrable left endpoint as terminal value on the preceding interval, and continue backward. The finitely many estimates ensure global square integrability; the pieces agree at endpoints and concatenate to a continuous solution. Finally $|Y_\tau|^2\le\sup_{t\le T}|Y_t|^2$ for every stopping time. This integrable dominating variable makes $|Y|^2$, and therefore $Y$, of class (D). ∎

Proposition (A necessary integrability identity at the endpoint): Every class-(D) solution with $\xi\in L^1$ must satisfy \[ {\mathbb{E}}\int_0^Tg(Z_s)ds=Y_0-{\mathbb{E}}\xi<\infty, \qquad Y_t={\mathbb{E}}\left[\left.\xi+\int_t^Tg(Z_s)ds\right|{\mathcal F}_t\right]. \] In particular, if $\xi\ge0$, then $Y_t\ge0$ for every $t$ a.s.
Proof: Let $A_t=\int_0^tg(Z_s)ds$, an increasing finite process. Choose stopping times $\tau_m\uparrow T$ that localize $\int Z\,dB$ and bound $A$. Taking expectations in $Y_{\tau_m}=Y_0-A_{\tau_m}+\int_0^{\tau_m}Z\,dB$ gives ${\mathbb{E}} A_{\tau_m}=Y_0-{\mathbb{E}} Y_{\tau_m}$. Continuity and class (D) imply $Y_{\tau_m}\to\xi$ in $L^1$. Monotone convergence gives the first identity and $A_T\in L^1$.

The process $M=Y+A$ is a local martingale. The stopping family of $A$ is dominated by $A_T$, so $M$ is of class (D) and is the martingale closed by $\xi+A_T$. Therefore $Y_t={\mathbb{E}}[\xi+A_T\mid{\mathcal F}_t]-A_t$, proving the second identity. Nonnegativity follows from that formula, first at each time and then simultaneously by continuity. ∎

Example (A concrete terminal value beyond all positive log moments): Let $U=\Phi(B_T^{(1)}/\sqrt T)$ and, on $\{U<e^{-e^2}\}$, put $r=\log(1/U)$. Define \[ \xi=\begin{cases} \displaystyle\frac1{U\,r(\log r)^2},&U<e^{-e^2},\\ 0,&U\ge e^{-e^2}. \end{cases} \] This is a finite nonnegative ${\mathcal F}_T$-measurable variable a.s. Its first moment is exactly \[ {\mathbb{E}}\xi=\int_{e^2}^\infty\frac{dr}{r(\log r)^2}=\frac12. \] For large $r$, $\log\xi=r-\log r-2\log\log r\ge r/2$. Consequently, for every $q>0$, \[ {\mathbb{E}}\left[\xi(\log(e+\xi))^q\right] \ge 2^{-q}\int_{R_q}^\infty\frac{r^{q-1}}{(\log r)^2}dr=\infty. \] To justify the divergence, for sufficiently large $r$ one has $(\log r)^2\le r^{q/2}$, and the lower integrand is then at least $r^{q/2-1}$, whose integral diverges. This is a difficult admissible terminal datum, not a nonexistence counterexample.

5) VERIFICATION

Small cases. If $\xi=c$ is constant, $Y=c,Z=0$ solves the equation. If $\xi=c+z_0\cdot B_T$, the explicit solution is $Y_t=c+z_0\cdot B_t+(T-t)g(z_0)$, $Z=z_0$; its square-integrable supremum makes it admissible. Thus neither zero data nor affine Gaussian data expose the endpoint obstruction.

Computation. On a logarithmic grid from $10^{-12}$ to $10^{12}$, supplemented by zero, the script finds $0.186797\le f'(r)\le1$. The integral defining the heavy terminal's first moment equals $1/2$ analytically. Pseudocode for an approximation search is: truncate $\xi$ at level $m$; solve by the proved short-interval Picard map; estimate stopping-time tails of $Y^{(m)}$ and integrated generator mass. The supplied numerical checks do not implement a stochastic solver or establish uniform integrability of these truncations.

Adversarial review. Global Lipschitz continuity alone did not justify passing from $L^2$ to $L^1$: the short-interval norm is an $L^2$ norm. The necessary identity used both nonnegativity of $g$ and class (D), not merely local integrability. A bounded sequence of first moments is not substituted for uniform integrability. The heavy-tail example is explicitly not called a disproof.

6) FINAL

{LABEL: UNRESOLVED.}

Strongest checked partial result. Every $L^2$ terminal datum has a class-(D) solution by a direct constructive proof. Every possible class-(D) endpoint solution must satisfy the finite expected generator-integral identity above. An explicit integrable terminal outside every $L\log^q L$, $q>0$, has been provided.

Exact first gap in the truncation route. For a fixed arbitrary nonnegative $\xi\in L^1$, prove that the entire family $\{Y^{(m)}_\tau:m\ge1,\ \tau\le T\}$ of the square-integrable solutions with terminal $\xi\wedge m$ is uniformly integrable. This assertion has not been proved here. Even after it, convergence of $Z^{(m)}$ and the nonlinear drift, and treatment of signed data, would still require justification.

Next three moves. (1) Construct a data-dependent convex uniform-integrability test function adapted to the exact $r/\sqrt{\log(e+r)}$ growth. (2) Analyze generator-mass concentration for the displayed terminal using localized martingale representations. (3) Prove a stability theorem under a verified class-(D) bound and uniform control of $\int g(Z^{(m)})$, rather than assuming that convergence of $Y$ implies convergence of $Z$.

Likely minimal counterexample, if any. It would need genuinely unbounded, non-$L^2$ data. A positive tail such as the displayed one is a concrete candidate to test, but this report proves no obstruction for it and does not infer nonexistence merely from the lack of log moments.

References

  • [Kazamaki] Norihiko Kazamaki. Continuous Exponential Martingales and BMO. Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1579, Springer, 1994. DOI: 10.1007/BFb0073585. Continuous BMO stochastic exponentials and reverse Hölder inequalities. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0073585.
  • [FHT] Shengjun Fan, Ying Hu and Shanjian Tang. 1D nonlinear backward stochastic differential equations: a unified theory and applications. arXiv:2309.06233v2, 11 February 2026. In particular Problems 5.1--5.5, PDF pp. 32--33; for C65-45 see (A1), (4.13)--(4.14), PDF p. 31. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2309.06233v2.