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On a smooth, non-compact, complete, boundaryless, connected Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$, there are three kinds of objects that have been studied extensively: $\bullet$ Viscosity solutions to the Hamilton-Jacobi equation determined by the…
In this paper, we prove the existence of viscosity solutions to complex Hessian equations on compact Hermitian manifolds, assuming the existence of a strict subsolution in the viscosity sense. The results cover the complex Hessian quotient…
Consider the Dirichlet problem with respect to an elliptic operator \[ A = - \sum_{k,l=1}^d \partial_k \, a_{kl} \, \partial_l - \sum_{k=1}^d \partial_k \, b_k + \sum_{k=1}^d c_k \, \partial_k + c_0 \] on a bounded Wiener regular open set…
We provide a representation formula for viscosity solutions to an elliptic Dirichlet problem involving Pucci's extremal operators. This is done through a dynamic programming principle derived from Denis, Hu and Peng (2010). The formula can…
We provide regularity results at the boundary for continuous viscosity solutions to nonconvex fully nonlinear uniformly elliptic equations and inequalities in Euclidian domains. We show that (i) any solution of two sided inequalities with…
We directly apply the theory of viscosity solutions to partial differential equations of order greater than two. We prove that there exists a solution in $C^{2,\alpha}(B_R)\cap C(\overline{B_R})$ for the inhomogeneous $\infty$-Bilaplacian…
In this paper, we consider the following non-linear equations in unbounded domains $\Omega$ with exterior Dirichlet condition: \begin{equation*}\begin{cases} (-\Delta)_p^s u(x)=f(u(x)), & x\in\Omega,\\ u(x)>0, &x\in\Omega,\\ u(x)\leq0,…
We give a simple proof of the strong maximum principle for viscosity subsolutions of fully nonlinear elliptic PDEs on the form $$ F(x,u,Du,D^2u) = 0 $$ under suitable structure conditions on the equation allowing for non-Lipschitz growth in…
In this paper we extend to non-compact Riemannian manifolds with boundary the use of two important tools in the geometric analysis of compact spaces, namely, the weak maximum principle for subharmonic functions and the integration by parts.…
We present two comparison principles for viscosity sub- and supersolutions of Monge-Ampere-type equations associated to a family of vector fields. In particular, we obtain the uniqueness of a viscosity solution to the Dirichlet problem for…
Based on works by Hopf, Weinberger, Hamilton and Evans, we state and prove the strong elliptic maximum principle for smooth sections in vector bundles over Riemannian manifolds and give some applications in Differential Geometry. Moreover,…
In this paper we prove existence and uniqueness of viscosity solutions of elliptic systems associated to fully nonlinear operators for minimization problems that involve interconnected obstacles. This system appears, among other, in the…
In this article, a notion of viscosity solutions is introduced for fully nonlinear second order path-dependent partial differential equations in the spirit of [Zhou, Ann. Appl. Probab., 33 (2023), 5564-5612]. We prove the existence,…
We develop an alternative approach to Degenerate complex Monge-Amp\`ere equations on compact K\"ahler manifolds based on the concept of viscosity solutions and compare systematically viscosity concepts with pluripotential theoretic ones. We…
We provide a new result on the existence of extremal solutions for second-order Dirichlet problems with deviation argument. As a novelty in this work, the nonlinearity need not be continuous or monotone. In order to obtain this new result,…
We derive estimates relating the values of a solution at any two points to the distance between the points, for quasilinear isotropic elliptic equations on compact Riemannian manifolds, depending only on dimension and a lower bound for the…
We consider the fluid interface problem given by two incompressible fluids with different densities evolving by Darcy's law. This scenario is known as the Muskat problem for fluids with the same viscosities, being in two dimensions…
We consider optimal control problems governed by systems describing the flow of an incompressible second grade fluid with Dirichlet boundary conditions. We prove the existence of an optimal solution, derive the corresponding necessary…
We investigate the maximum principle for the weak solutions to the Cauchy problem for the hyperbolic fourth-order linear equations with constant complex coefficients in the plane bounded domain
In this paper, maximum principles for Euclidean and hyperbolic discrete conformal structures on polyhedral surfaces are established. These maximum principles unify and generalize the maximum principles for vertex scalings and different…