The Obstacle Problem for Quasilinear Stochastic PDEs with non-homogeneous operator

Denis Laurent, Matoussi Anis, Zhang Jing

Published 2013-01-07Version 1

We prove the existence and uniqueness of solution of the obstacle problem for quasilinear Stochastic PDEs with non-homogeneous second order operator. Our method is based on analytical technics coming from the parabolic potential theory. The solution is expressed as a pair $(u,\nu)$ where $u$ is a predictable continuous process which takes values in a proper Sobolev space and $\nu$ is a random regular measure satisfying minimal Skohorod condition. Moreover, we establish a maximum principle for local solutions of such class of stochastic PDEs. The proofs are based on a version of It\^o's formula and estimates for the positive part of a local solution which is non-positive on the lateral boundary.