A Variational Formula for Risk-Sensitive Control of Diffusions in $\mathbb{R}^d$
A Variational Formula for Risk-Sensitive Control of Diffusions in $\mathbb{R}^d$
We address the variational problem for the generalized principal eigenvalue on $\mathbb{R}^d$ of linear and semilinear elliptic operators associated with nondegenerate diffusions controlled through the drift. We establish the Collatz-Wielandt formula for potentials that vanish at infinity under minimal hypotheses, and also for general potentials under blanket geometric ergodicity assumptions. …