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Let $\mathcal{M}_1$ denote the space of solutions $z(x,y)$ to an elliptic, real analytic Monge-Amp\`ere equation ${\rm det} (D^2 z)=\varphi(x,y,z,Dz)>0$ whose graphs have a non-removable isolated singularity at the origin. We prove that…
The theory of viscosity solutions has been effective for representing and approximating weak solutions to fully nonlinear Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) such as the elliptic Monge-Amp\`ere equation. The approximation theory of…
We rephrase Monge's optimal transportation (OT) problem with quadratic cost--via a Monge-Amp\`ere equation--as an infinite-dimensional optimization problem, which is in fact a convex problem when the target is a log-concave measure with…
We prove a priori interior $C^{2,\alpha}$ estimates for solutions of fully nonlinear elliptic equations of twisted type. For example, our estimates apply to equations of the type convex + concave. These results are particularly well suited…
In this paper we continue the analysis of the two-scale method for the Monge-Amp\`ere equation for dimension $d \geq 2$ introduced in [10]. We prove continuous dependence of discrete solutions on data that in turn hinges on a discrete…
We shall consider the regularity problem of solutions for complex Monge-Ampere equations. First we prove interior $C^2$ estimates of solutions in a bounded domain for complex Monge-Ampere equation with assumption of certain $L^p$ bound for…
In this paper, we establish several geometric properties of boundary sections of convex solutions to the Monge-Amp\`ere equations: the engulfing and separating properties and volume estimates. As applications, we prove a covering lemma of…
A PDE proof is provided for the sharp $L^\infty$ estimates for the complex Monge-Amp\`ere equation which had required pluripotential theory before. The proof covers both cases of fixed background as well as degenerating background metrics.…
The affine maximal type hypersurface has been a core topic in Affine Geometry. When the hypersurface is presented as a regular graph of a convex function $u$, the statement that the graph is of affine maximal type is equivalent to the…
In this paper, we explore some connections between Kobayashi geometry and the Dirichlet problem for the complex Monge--Amp\`ere equation. Among the results we obtain through these connections are: $(i)$~a theorem on the continuous extension…
We give a new probabilistic construction of solutions to real Monge-Amp\`ere equations in R^n satisfying the second boundary value problem with respect to a given target convex body P) which fits naturally into the theory of optimal…
We study the Parabolic complex Monge-Amp\'ere equation in a bounded strictly pseudoconvex domain in \mathbb{C}^n, with the boundary condition u=\varphi and the initial condition u=u_0. In this paper, we consider the case where \varphi is…
In this paper, we prove second derivative estimates together with classical solvability for the Dirichlet problem of certain Monge-Ampere type equations under sharp hypotheses. In particular we assume that the matrix function in the…
Monge-Amp\`ere equations of the form, $u_{xx}u_{yy}-u_{xy}^2=F(u,u_x,u_y)$ arise in many areas of fluid and solid mechanics. Here it is shown that in the special case $F=u_y^4f(u, u_x/u_y)$, where $f$ denotes an arbitrary function, the…
We consider second-order uniformly elliptic operators subject to Dirichlet boundary conditions. Such operators are considered on a bounded domain $\Omega$ and on the domain $\phi(\Omega)$ resulting from $\Omega$ by means of a bi-Lipschitz…
In this article, we report the results we obtained when investigating the numerical solution of some nonlinear eigenvalue problems for the Monge-Amp\`{e}re operator $v\rightarrow \det \mathbf{D}^2 v$. The methodology we employ relies on the…
In this note we prove that, if the cost function satisfies some necessary structural conditions and the densities are bounded away from zero and infinity, then strictly $c$-convex potentials arising in optimal transportation belong to…
The inverse reflector problem arises in geometrical nonimaging optics: Given a light source and a target, the question is how to design a reflecting free-form surface such that a desired light density distribution is generated on the…
We modify Pogorelov's classic construction to demonstrate the absence of a priori $C^2$ estimates for the equations $\det(D^2 u \pm Du \otimes Du) = f(x)$ in dimension $n \ge 3$. We construct a sequence of solutions $z_\varepsilon$ with…
On bounded B-regular domains, we study envelopes of plurisubharmonic functions bounded from above by a function $\phi$ such that $\phi^*=\phi_*$ on the closure of the domain. For $\phi$ satisfying certain additional criteria limiting its…