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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…
A metasurface is a surface, tipically a plane, on which a function called phase discontinuity is chosen so that the metasurface produces a desired reflection or refraction job. We derive the equations that the phase discontinuity function…
We consider the inverse refractor and the inverse reflector problem. The task is to design a free-form lens or a free-form mirror that, when illuminated by a point light source, produces a given illumination pattern on a target. Both…
In this paper we study the near-field refractor problem with point source at the origin and prescribed target on the given receiver surface $\Sigma$. This nonvariational problem can be studied in the framework of prescribed Jacobian…
We prove the smoothness of weak solutions to an elliptic complex Monge-Ampere equation, using the smoothing property of the corresponding parabolic flow.
The convexity of solutions to boundary value problems for fully nonlinear elliptic partial differential equations (such as real or complex $k$-Hessian equations) is a challenging topic. In this paper, we establish the power convexity of…
In this short note we revisit the convex integration approach to constructing very weak solutions to the 2D Monge-Amp\'ere equation with H\"older-continuous first derivatives of exponent $\beta<1/5$. Our approach is based on combining the…
Taking into account the occurrence of a zero of the surface diffusion current and the requirement of the Ehrlich-Schwoebel effect, Siegert et al \cite{Siegert94} formulate a model of Langevin type that describes the growth of pyramidlike…
The elliptic Monge-Amp\`ere equation is a fully nonlinear Partial Differential Equation that originated in geometric surface theory and has been applied in dynamic meteorology, elasticity, geometric optics, image processing and image…
This paper develops a rigorous analytic framework for the hyperbolic Monge-Amp\`ere equation on strip-like domains, which model wrinkled patterns in thin elastic sheets. Our work addresses the rigid side of the classical…
We show here a "weak" H\"older-regularity up to the boundary of the solution to the Dirichlet problem for the complex Monge-Amp\`{e}re equation with data in the $L^p$ space and the boundary of the domain satisfying an $f$-property. The…
A least-squares method for solving the hyperbolic Monge-Amp\`ere equation with transport boundary condition is introduced. The method relies on an iterative procedure for the gradient of the solution, the so-called mapping. By formulating…
The Monge-Amp\`ere type equations over bounded convex domains arise in a host of geometric applications. In this paper, we focus on the Dirichlet problem for a class of Monge-Amp\`ere type equations, which can be degenerate or singular near…
We present an abstract method in the setting of compact metric spaces which is applied to solve a number of problems in geometric optics. In particular, we solve the one source near field refraction problem. That is, we construct surfaces…
In this paper, we show that the near field reflector problem is a nonlinear optimization problem. From the corresponding functional and constraint function, we derive the Monge-Amp\`ere type equation for such a problem.
For any $\theta<\frac{1}{3}$, we show that very weak solutions to the two-dimensional Monge-Amp\`ere equation with regularity $C^{1,\theta}$ are dense in the space of continuous functions. This result is shown by a convex integration scheme…
By constructing appropriate smooth, possibly non-convex supersolutions, we establish sharp lower bounds near the boundary for the modulus of nontrivial solutions to singular and degenerate Monge-Amp\`ere equations of the form $\det D^2 u…
The elliptic Monge-Ampere equation is a fully nonlinear Partial Differential Equation which originated in geometric surface theory, and has been applied in dynamic meteorology, elasticity, geometric optics, image processing and image…
We prove the existence and uniqueness of weak solutions for the generalized Monge-Amp\`ere equation and the supercritical deformed Hermitian-Yang-Mills equation in cohomology classes lying on the boundary of the solvable region. Moreover,…
We consider the numerical approximation of surfaces of prescribed Gaussian curvature via the solution of a fully nonlinear partial differential equation of Monge-Amp\`ere type. These surfaces need not be continuous up to the boundary of the…