where the second order differential operator F is of Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) type, that is, F is a supremum of linear elliptic operators, f is sublinear in u at infinity, and Ω ⊂ R is a regular bounded domain. HJB operators have been the object of intensive study during the last thirty years – for a general review of their theory and applications we refer to [26], [33], [43], [14]. Well-k...