Solution

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For , let be the affine barriers from the bounded slope condition. Their constant gradients satisfy the Euler-Lagrange equation, so they minimize the autonomous convex functional for their own boundary values. The comparison principle gives
Since both barriers equal at and are -Lipschitz,
for and . The supplied boundary-to-interior criterion now gives .
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