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We derive a priori interior Hessian estimates and interior regularity for the $\sigma_2$ equation in dimension four. Our method provides respectively a new proof for the corresponding three dimensional results and a Hessian estimate for…
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…
In this paper, we study the interior $C^{2}$ estimates for Hessian quotient equations $\frac{\sigma_{3}(D^{2}u)}{\sigma_{l}(D^{2}u)}=1$ for $l=1, 2$, in arbitrary dimensions, under the natural ellipticity and semi-convexity conditions. We…
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…
We prove a priori interior C2 estimate for \sigma_2 = f in R3, which generalizes Warren-Yuan's result.
We derive a priori interior Hessian estimates for the special Lagrangian equation $\sigma_{2}=1$ in dimension three.
We prove that convex viscosity solutions to the quadratic Hessian inequality $\sigma_2(D^2u) \geq 1$ are strictly $2$-convex. As a consequence we obtain short proofs of smoothness and interior $C^2$ estimates for convex viscosity solutions…
We derive a priori interior Hessian estimates for semiconvex solutions to the sigma-2 equation. An elusive Jacobi inequality, a transformation rule under the Legendre-Lewy transform, and a mean value inequality for the still nonuniformly…
In this paper, we establish an interior $C^2$ estimate for the Hessian quotient equation $\left(\frac{\sigma_3}{\sigma_1}\right)(D^2u)=f$ in dimension three. A crucial ingredient in our proof is a Jacobi inequality.
We prove that viscosity solutions to the quadratic Hessian equation $$\sigma_2(D^2u) = 1$$ cannot touch a harmonic function on a minimal surface from below. This can be viewed as a form of strict $2$-convexity. We also prove an a priori…
We obtain a prior $C^{1,1}$ estimates for some Hessian (quotient) equations with positive Lipschitz right hand sides, through studying a twisted special Lagrangian equation. The results imply the interior $C^{2,\alpha}$ regularity for $C^0$…
In this paper, we derive a Pogorelov type interior $C^2$ estimate for the Hessian quotient equation $\frac{\sigma _n}{\sigma _k}\left( D^2u\right) =f$. As an application, we show that convex viscosity solutions are regular for $k\leq n-3$…
We study an equation proposed by Fu and Yau as a natural $n$-dimensional generalization of a Strominger system that they solved in dimension $2$. It is a complex Hessian equation with right hand side depending on gradients. Building on the…
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 $(M^n,g)\subset \mathbb R^{n+1}$…
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…
In this paper, we establish the modified concavity inequality for complex Hessian equations under the semi-convexity assumption inspired by Lu \cite{Lu23} and Zhang \cite{Z24} for real case. Then second order estimates for admissible…
We study the $\mathrm{C}^2$ estimates for $p$-Hessian equations with general left-hand and right-hand terms on closed Riemannian manifolds of dimension $n$. To overcome the constraints of closed manifolds, we advance a new kind of…
We study stable solutions to the equation $(-\Delta)^{1/2} u = f(u)$, posed in a bounded domain of $\mathbb{R}^n$. For nonnegative convex nonlinearities, we prove that stable solutions are smooth in dimensions $n\leq 4$. This result, which…
We consider the Hamiltonian stationary equation for all phases in dimension two. We show that solutions that are $C^{1,1}$ will be smooth and we also derive a $C^{2,\alpha}$ estimate for it.
In this paper, we consider the Neumann problem for a class of Hessian quotient equations involving a gradient term on the right-hand side in Euclidean space. More precisely, we derive the interior gradient estimates for the $(\Lambda,…