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For $2k \leq n+1$, we exhibit non-polynomial solutions to the Hessian equation \[ \sigma_{k}(D^{2}u)=1 \] on all of $\mathbb{R}^{n}.$

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We derive a concavity inequality for $k$-Hessian operators under the semi-convexity condition. As an application, we establish interior estimates for semi-convex solutions of the $k$-Hessian equations with vanishing Dirichlet boundary and…

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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…

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We prove the local boundedness of the solutions to degenerate second order partial differential equations of Kolmogorov type with measurable coefficients in divergence form, under minimal integrability assumption on the lower order…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-07-31 Francesca Anceschi , Sergio Polidoro , Maria Alessandra Ragusa

We derive a priori $C^2$ estimates for the $\chi$-plurisubharmonic solutions of general complex Hessian equations with right-hand side depending on gradients.

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2017-04-11 Duong H. Phong , Sebastien Picard , Xiangwen Zhang

In this paper, we proved that any 2-convex solution $u$ of $\sigma_2(D^2u)=1$ with a quadratic growth must be a quadratic polynomial in $\mathbb{R}^n\ (n\geq 3 )$ by using a Pogorelov estimate and the global gradient estimate. And we give a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-06-26 Yan He , Haoyang Sheng , Ni Xiang

The $C^{1,1}$ estimate of the Dirichlet problem for degenerate $k$-Hessian equations with non-homogenous boundary conditions is an open problem, if the right hand side function $f$ is only assumed to satisfy $f^{1/(k-1)} \in C^{1,1}$. In…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-06-03 Heming Jiao , Zhizhang Wang

In this paper, we consider a kind of $k$-Hessian type equations $S_k^{\frac{1}{k}}(D^2u+\mu|D u|I)= f(u)$ in $\mathbb{R}^n$, and provide a necessary and sufficient condition of $f$ on the existence and nonexistence of entire admissible…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-08-24 Jingwen Ji , Feida Jiang , Mengni Li

In this paper, we establish the interior Hessian estimates for $2$-convex solutions to $\frac{\sigma_2}{\sigma_1} (D^2 u) = \psi (x,u)$ in dimension three. In higher dimensions ($n \geq 4$), we prove the interior Hessian estimates for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-23 Heming Jiao , Zhenan Sui

In this paper, we consider the Dirichlet problem for a class of prescribed Hessian quotient type curvature equations with homogeneous boundary data in Minkowski space. By establishing the a priori C2 estimates, we obtain the existence…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-22 Mengru Guo , Yang Jiao

We establish interior $C^2$ estimates for convex solutions of scalar curvature equation and $\sigma_2$-Hessian equation. We also prove interior curvature estimate for isometrically immersed hypersurfaces $(M^n,g)\subset \mathbb R^{n+1}$…

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We establish an interior $C^2$ estimate for $k+1$ convex solutions to Dirichlet problems of $k$-Hessian equations. We also use such estimate to obtain a rigidity theorem for $k+1$ convex entire solutions of $k$-Hessian equations in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-02-21 MIng Li , Changyu Ren , Zhizhang Wang

In this paper, we consider the Neumann problem of a class of mixed complex Hessian equations, and establish the global C^1 estimates a nd reduce the global second derivative estimate to the estimate of double normal second derivatives on…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-03-16 Chuan-Qiang Chen , Li Chen , Ni Xiang

In this paper, we consider the asymptotic $\sigma_k$ Plateau problem in hyperbolic space. We establish $C^2$ estimates for semi-convex complete hypersurfaces satisfying constant $\sigma_k$ curvature with a prescribed asymptotic boundary at…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-08-20 Han Hong , Ruijia Zhang

We establish for $2 \le k \le n-1$ the strict concavity of the function $f_k(\lambda)=\log(\sigma_k(\lambda))$ on a subset of the positive cone $\Gamma_n=\{\lambda=(\lambda_{1}, \lambda_{2}, \cdots,\lambda_{n})\in \mathbb{R}^n;…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-11-18 Bang Tran Van , Ngoan Ha Tien , Tho Nguyen Huu , Tien Phan Trong

In this article we prove results concerning upper and lower decay estimates for homogeneous Sobolev norms of solutions to a rather general family of parabolic equations. Following the ideas of Kreiss, Hagstrom, Lorenz and Zingano, we use…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-06-27 Robert H. Guterres , César J. Niche , Cilon F. Perusato , Paulo R. Zingano

In this paper, we study the interior $C^2$ regularity problem for the Hessian quotient equation $\left(\frac{\sigma_n}{\sigma_k}\right)(D^2u)=f$. We give a complete answer to this longstanding problem: for $k=n-1,n-2$, we establish an…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-01-24 Siyuan Lu

We derive a priori interior Hessian estimates and regularity for the sigma-2 Hessian equation $\sigma_{2}(D^2u)=f(x,u,Du)$ with positive $C^{1,1}$ right hand side in dimension 4. In higher dimensions, the same result holds under an…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-04 Zhenyu Fan

By proving an estimate of the sublevel sets for $(\omega,m)$-subharmonic functions we obtain a Sobolev type inequality that is then used to characterize the degenerate complex Hessian equations for such functions with bounded…

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