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In this paper, we investigate the oblique boundary value problem for degenerate Hessian quotient type equations in a smooth bounded domain. Without imposing any geometric restrictions on the domain, we establish the a priori estimates and…

In this paper, we continue our investigations into the global theory of oblique boundary value problems for augmented Hessian equations. We construct a global barrier function in terms of an admissible function in a uniform way when the…

We consider a partially hinged rectangular plate and its normal modes. The dynamical properties of the plate are influenced by the spectrum of the associated eingenvalue problem. In order to improve the stability of the plate, it seems…

In this paper, we consider the Dirichlet problem for a new class of augmented Hessian equations. Under sharp assumptions that the matrix function in the augmented Hessian is regular and there exists a smooth subsolution, we establish global…

This article is devoted to computing the eigenvalue of the Laplace eigenvalue problem by the weak Galerkin (WG) finite element method with emphasis on obtaining lower bounds. The WG method is on the use of weak functions and their weak…

In this paper we investigate a class of $2$-Hessian equations and establish a minimum principle for a $P$-function in the sense of L.E. Payne (see R. Sperb \cite{Sp81}). The analysis is based on a sharp matrix inequality providing an…

This paper proposes hybrid high-order eigensolvers for the computation of guaranteed lower eigenvalue bounds. These bounds display higher order convergence rates and are accessible to adaptive mesh-refining algorithms. The involved…

We show convergence of minimizers of weighted inertia-energy functionals to solutions of initial value problems for a class of nonlinear wave equations. The result is given for the nonhomogeneous case under a natural growth assumption on…

We consider a class of weighted harmonic functions in the open upper half-plane known as $\alpha$-harmonic functions. Of particular interest is the uniqueness problem for such functions subject to a vanishing Dirichlet boundary value on the…

Using the established $d$-concavity of the $k$-Hessian type functions $F_k(R)=\log(S_k(R)),$ whose variables are nonsymmetric matrices, we prove $ C^{2, \alpha}(\overline{\Omega}) $ estimates for strictly $(\delta, \widetilde{\gamma}_k)…

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;…

In this paper, we study Hessian equations with prescribed contact angle boundary value or oblique derivative boundary value and finally derive the a priori global gradient estimate for the admissible solutions.

We solve a class of weighted isoperimetric problems of the form $$ \min\left\{\int\_{\partial E}w e^V\,dx:\int\_E e^V\,dx={\rm constant}\right\} $$ where $w$ and $V$ are suitable functions on $\R^d$. As a consequence, we prove a comparison…

We consider the initial boundary value problem to equations of motion of an inextensible hanging string of finite length under the action of the gravity. We also consider the problem in the case without any external forces. In this problem,…

We prove uniqueness for minimizers of the weighted least gradient problem \[\inf \left\lbrace \int_{\Omega} a|Du|: \ \ u\in BV(\Omega), \ \ u|_{\partial \Omega}=f \right\rbrace.\] The weight function $a$ is assumed to be continuous and it…

We consider convex solutions of nonlinear elliptic equations which satisfy the structure condition of Bian-Guan. We prove a weak Harnack inequality for the eigenvalues of the Hessian of these solutions. This can be viewed as a quantitative…

It is well known that the usual mixed method for solving the biharmonic eigenvalue problem by decomposing the operator into two Laplacians may generate spurious eigenvalues on non-convex domains. To overcome this difficulty, we adopt a…

This paper proposes and analyzes a new weak Galerkin method for the eigenvalue problem by using the shifted-inverse power technique. A high order lower bound can be obtained at a relatively low cost via the proposed method. The error…

We derive a priori estimates for second order derivatives of solutions to a wide calss of fully nonlinear elliptic equations on Riemannian manifolds. The equations we consider naturally appear in geometric problems and other applications…

We will present an estimate for the first eigenvalue of the Dirichlet and Neumann problems in terms of the Bakry-\'Emery Ricci curvature for a compact weighted manifold. As an application we will establish a stability condition for a…