Mean-field linear-quadratic stochastic differential games

Abstract The paper is concerned with two-person zero-sum mean-field linear-quadratic stochastic differential games over finite horizons. By a Hilbert space method, a necessary condition and a sufficient condition are derived for the existence of an open-loop saddle point. It is shown that under the sufficient condition, the associated two Riccati equations admit unique strongly regular solutions, in terms of which the open-loop saddle point can be represented as a linear feedback of the current state. When the game only satisfies the necessary condition, an approximate sequence is constructed by solving a family of Riccati equations and closed-loop systems. The convergence of the approximate sequence turns out to be equivalent to the open-loop solvability of the game, and the limit is exactly an open-loop saddle point, provided that the game is open-loop solvable.