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  1. Nonconvex quadratic BSDE uniqueness: the missing state condition and a quantitative energy criterion
  2. Target and conventions
  3. The literal obstruction
  4. A density estimate with all constants displayed
  5. A nonconvex example covered without an extra energy hypothesis
  6. Remaining gap and verification
  7. References
  8. Completion Estimate

Nonconvex quadratic BSDE uniqueness: the missing state condition and a quantitative energy criterion

Problem ID: C65-29. Research attempt; independent review pending.

Target and conventions

The source asks about nonconvex, nonconcave generators with \begin{equation}\label{wsref-0-7a-62-6f-75-6e-64} |g(t,y,z)-g(t,y,z')|\leq C(1+|z|^\delta+|z'|^\delta)|z-z'|, \qquad 0\leq\delta\leq1, \end{equation} and terminal data and solution paths with every exponential moment in the class-(D) sense. Its literal statement omits a condition on $y$. The catalogue explicitly repairs this by imposing progressive measurability, continuity, $|g(t,0,0)|\leq C$, and $|g(t,y,z)-g(t,y',z)|\leq C|y-y'|$. We preserve that distinction. Here class (D) always means uniform integrability over stopping times, not just bounded deterministic-time moments. Solutions have continuous adapted $Y$, predictable $Z$, and pathwise finite $\int_0^T(|g(t,Y,Z)|+|Z|^2)dt$ on the usual Brownian basis.

We verify the literal counterexample, solve the repaired uniqueness question for $\delta=0$, and prove an explicit additional-energy criterion for all $\delta\leq1$. The unrestricted repaired question remains unresolved. The source and related strictly quadratic results were checked in [FHT, Problem 5.5 and Remark 3.22] and [FHT20] on 9 October 2026. The argument below is an elementary linearization calculation, not a claim that this technique or its restricted consequences are new.

The stochastic-calculus results used below (Itô integration, Brownian martingale representation, and Girsanov change of measure) use their standard forms in [RY]; their additional integrability requirements are checked explicitly in the proofs.

The literal obstruction

Proposition: For every $T>0$ and $d\geq1$, the generator \[ g(y,z)=\sqrt{|y|}+|z|^2+3\sin|z| \] is continuous, is neither convex nor concave in $z$, satisfies (zbound) with $C=3$, $\delta=1$, and has at most linear growth in $y$. The terminal value $\xi=0$ has the distinct solutions \[ Z^a_t=0,\qquad Y^a_t=\tfrac14((a-t)^+)^2,\qquad 0\leq a\leq T. \] Every $e^{\mu|Y^a|}$ is class (D), for every $\mu>0$.
Proof: The reverse triangle inequality and the Lipschitz bound for sine give \[ \left||z|^2-|z'|^2+3(\sin|z|-\sin|z'|)\right| \leq(3+|z|+|z'|)|z-z'|. \] On a positive coordinate ray the $z$-dependent function is $r^2+3\sin r$. Its second derivative is $2-3\sin r$, negative at $\pi/2$ and positive at $3\pi/2$. A convex or concave function would have the corresponding sign on every such smooth restriction, so neither property holds. Also $\sqrt{|y|}\leq1+|y|$.

The function $Y^a$ is continuously differentiable with derivative $-(a-t)^+/2=-\sqrt{Y^a_t}$, including at $t=a$. It has terminal value zero and satisfies the BSDE with $Z^a=0$ by integration. Its generator is time-integrable. The paths are bounded by $T^2/4$, hence all their exponential transforms are bounded and class (D). Different $a$ give different values at time zero. The failure of Lipschitz regularity in $y$ is explicit, so this does not refute the repaired problem. ∎

A density estimate with all constants displayed

Lemma: Let $\beta$ be predictable with $A=\int_0^T|\beta_s|^2ds<\infty$ almost surely. If ${\mathbb{E}} e^{6A}<\infty$, then $D=\mathcal E(\int\beta\,dB)$ is a uniformly integrable martingale, $D_T>0$ almost surely, and \[ \sup_{\tau\leq T}{\mathbb{E}} D_\tau^2\leq({\mathbb{E}} e^{6A})^{1/2}. \] If $|Y|^2$ is of class (D) under ${\mathbb{P}}$, then $Y$ is of class (D) under $d{\mathbb{Q}}=D_Td{\mathbb{P}}$.
Proof: Put $M=\int\beta\,dB$. At any stopping time $\tau$, \[ D_\tau^2 =\mathcal E(4M)_\tau^{1/2}\exp(3\langle M\rangle_\tau). \] A nonnegative stochastic exponential is a local martingale and a supermartingale, so its stopped expectation is at most one. Cauchy--Schwarz therefore bounds ${\mathbb{E}} D_\tau^2$ by $({\mathbb{E}} e^{6A})^{1/2}$. Applying this to a localizing sequence for $D$ shows that its stopped values are uniformly integrable, hence $D_t={\mathbb{E}}[D_T\mid{\mathcal F}_t]$ and ${\mathbb{E}} D_T=1$. Pathwise finite quadratic variation gives $D_T>0$. Finally, for every $R>0$, \[ {\mathbb{E}}_{\mathbb{Q}}[|Y_\tau|{\mathbf 1}_{\{|Y_\tau|>R\}}] \leq({\mathbb{E}} D_\tau^2)^{1/2} ({\mathbb{E}}[|Y_\tau|^2{\mathbf 1}_{\{|Y_\tau|>R\}}])^{1/2}. \] Uniform integrability of $|Y_\tau|^2$ makes the right side tend to zero uniformly over $\tau$, proving the last assertion. ∎
Theorem (Conditional uniqueness in the repaired class): Suppose $g$ has all the repaired assumptions above with constant $C>0$ and exponent $\delta\in[0,1]$. Let $(Y,Z)$ and $(\widetilde Y,\widetilde Z)$ be solutions with the same terminal value, and suppose both $|Y|^2$ and $|\widetilde Y|^2$ are of class (D). If \begin{equation}\label{wsref-0-65-6e-65-72-67-79} {\mathbb{E}}\exp\left(18C^2\int_0^T (|Z_s|^{2\delta}+|\widetilde Z_s|^{2\delta})ds\right) <\infty, \end{equation} then the solutions are equal: their $Y$ components are indistinguishable and their $Z$ components agree $dt\otimes{\mathbb{P}}$ almost everywhere. For $\delta=0$ adopt $|z|^0=1$ also at $z=0$. In particular the repaired target has at most one solution when $\delta=0$, for every terminal value in its all-exponential class.
Proof: Write $U=Y-\widetilde Y$, $V=Z-\widetilde Z$ and define, with a zero value when the denominator is zero, \[ a_t=\frac{g(t,Y_t,Z_t)-g(t,\widetilde Y_t,Z_t)}{U_t},\quad \beta_t=\frac{g(t,\widetilde Y_t,Z_t)-g(t,\widetilde Y_t,\widetilde Z_t)} {|V_t|^2}V_t. \] These are progressively measurable; a predictable version for stochastic integration can be chosen since the solution integrands and continuous adapted processes have predictable versions and the coefficient is progressively measurable up to $dt\otimes{\mathbb{P}}$ equivalence. The bounds give $|a|\leq C$ and \[ |\beta|^2\leq3C^2(1+|Z|^{2\delta}+|\widetilde Z|^{2\delta}). \] Pathwise integrability follows from $2\delta\leq2$. Assumption (energy) implies ${\mathbb{E}}\exp(6\int|\beta|^2)<\infty$. Lemma Lemma thus provides an equivalent probability measure ${\mathbb{Q}}$ under which $B^{\mathbb{Q}}=B-\int\beta ds$ is Brownian and $U$ is class (D). The difference equation becomes \[ dU=-aUdt+V\cdot dB^{\mathbb{Q}}. \] For $R_t=\exp(\int_0^t a_sds)$, Itô's product rule gives $d(RU)=RV\cdot dB^{\mathbb{Q}}$. The factors $R_t$ lie between $e^{-CT}$ and $e^{CT}$, so $RU$ is a class-(D) local martingale. Localization and uniform integrability make it a true martingale. Since $U_T=0$, it vanishes identically. Its quadratic variation yields $V=0$ almost everywhere. When $\delta=0$, (energy) is deterministic and finite. Finally every all-exponential class-(D) solution has $|Y|^2$ of class (D), because $y^2\leq C_0e^{|y|}$ and this is uniform-integrability domination. ∎

The proof has not replaced a stochastic exponential by a probability density without checking expectation one, and it has not silently carried class (D) through a change of measure. Those are the two roles of Lemma Lemma.

A nonconvex example covered without an extra energy hypothesis

For $g(t,y,z)=\ell y+\sin|z|$ with fixed $\ell\in{\mathbb{R}}$, the $z$ part is globally Lipschitz and neither convex nor concave along a positive ray. Theorem Theorem (Conditional uniqueness in the repaired class) with $\delta=0$ proves uniqueness in the target solution class for any admissible terminal data. No curvature condition enters. The theorem also covers genuinely quadratic nonconvex generators, such as $\ell y+|z|^2+3\sin|z|$, whenever their two candidate integrands satisfy (energy).

Remaining gap and verification

The new hypothesis (energy) is a restriction on candidate solutions; it has not been deduced from the stated all-exponential class-(D) assumption on $Y$. A pathwise finite energy is insufficient to assert (energy). Related work [FHT20] obtains energy integrability under additional strict quadratic and structural conditions, which are not part of the repaired target. Thus the literal question is refuted, the repaired $\delta=0$ subcase is proved, and the repaired unrestricted $0<\delta\leq1$ question remains unresolved here.

References

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