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Convexity estimates for level sets of quasiconcave solutions to fully nonlinear elliptic equations

Analysis of PDEs 2010-10-12 v2 Differential Geometry

Abstract

We establish a geometric lower bound for the principal curvature of the level surfaces of solutions to F(D2u,Du,u,x)=0F(D^2u, Du, u, x)=0 in convex ring domains, under a refined structural condition introduced by Bianchini-Longinetti-Salani in \cite{BLS}. We also prove a constant rank theorem for the second fundamental form of the convex level surfaces of these solutions.

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@article{arxiv.1004.1187,
  title  = {Convexity estimates for level sets of quasiconcave solutions to fully nonlinear elliptic equations},
  author = {Pengfei Guan and Lu Xu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1004.1187},
  year   = {2010}
}