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On the asymptotic Dirichlet problem for a class of mean curvature type partial differential equations

Differential Geometry 2021-04-22 v1

Abstract

We study the Dirichlet problem for the following prescribed mean curvature PDE {divv1+v2=f(x,v) in Ωv=φ on Ω. \begin{cases} -\operatorname{div}\dfrac{\nabla v}{\sqrt{1+|\nabla v|^{2}}}=f(x,v) \text{ in }\Omega\\ v=\varphi \text{ on }\partial\Omega. \end{cases} where Ω\Omega is a domain contained in a complete Riemannian manifold M,M, f:Ω×RRf:\Omega\times\mathbb{R\rightarrow R} is a fixed function and φ\varphi is a given continuous function on Ω\partial\Omega. This is done in three parts. In the first one we consider this problem in the most general form, proving the existence of solutions when Ω\Omega is a bounded C2,αC^{2,\alpha} domain, under suitable conditions on ff, with no restrictions on MM besides completeness. In the second part we study the asymptotic Dirichlet problem when MM is the hyperbolic space Hn\mathbb{H}^n and Ω\Omega is the whole space. This part uses in an essential way the geometric structure of Hn\mathbb{H}^n to construct special barriers which resemble the Scherk type solutions of the minimal surface PDE. In the third part one uses these Scherk type graphs to prove the non existence of isolated asymptotic boundary singularities for global solutions of this Dirichlet problem.

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@article{arxiv.1811.09867,
  title  = {On the asymptotic Dirichlet problem for a class of mean curvature type partial differential equations},
  author = {Leonardo Prange Bonorino and Jean-Baptiste Casteras and Patricia Kruse Klaser and Jaime Bruck Ripoll and Miriam Telichevesky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1811.09867},
  year   = {2021}
}