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We propose a numerical method to solve the Monge-Ampere equation which admits a classical convex solution. The Monge-Ampere equation is reformulated into an equivalent first-order system. We adopt a novel reconstructed discontinuous…

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We present an adaptation of the MA-LBR scheme to the Monge-Amp{\`e}re equation with second boundary value condition, provided the target is a convex set. This yields a fast adaptive method to numerically solve the Optimal Transport problem…

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We give a new proof for the interior regularity of strictly convex solutions of the Monge-Amp\`ere equation. Our approach uses a doubling inequality for the Hessian in terms of the extrinsic distance function on the maximal Lagrangian…

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We present an iterative method based on repeatedly inverting the Monge-Amp\`ere operator with Dirichlet boundary condition and prescribed right-hand side on a bounded, convex domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$. We prove that the iterates…

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In this paper, we introduce a class of nonlinear optimisation problems. Under mild assumptions, we obtain the existence of potential functions and show that the potential function is a generalised solution of a Monge-Amp\`ere type equation.…

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We consider a Monge-Amp\`ere functional and its corresponding second boundary value problem, a nonlinear fourth order PDE with two Dirichlet boundary conditions. This problem was solved by Trudinger-Wang and Le under the assumption that the…

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We study the most common image and informal description of the optimal transport problem for quadratic cost, also known as the second boundary value problem for the Monge--Amp\`{e}re equation -- What is the most efficient way to fill a hole…

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The existence of a unique numerical solution of the semi-Lagrangian method for the simple Monge-Amp\`ere equation is known independently of the convexity of the domain or Dirichlet boundary data -- when the Monge-Amp\`ere equation is posed…

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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…

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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…

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In this paper, we establish local and global regularity estimates for linearized Monge-Amp\`ere equations in divergence form via critical Lorentz space estimates for the Green's function of the linearized Monge-Amp\`ere operator and its…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-20 Chong Gu , Nam Q. Le

Monge-Amp\`{e}re equation is a prototype second-order fully nonlinear partial differential equation. In this paper, we propose a new idea to design and analyze the $C^0$ interior penalty method to approximation the viscosity solution of the…

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