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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…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-28 Xinqun Mei , Jin Yan

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…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-12-05 Ravi Shankar , Yu Yuan

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.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-11-13 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

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…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-06-11 Connor Mooney

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

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 $k\leq n-3$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-05-16 Siyuan Lu , Yi-Lin Tsai

We derive a priori interior Hessian estimates for the special Lagrangian equation $\sigma_{2}=1$ in dimension three.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-12-04 Micah Warren , Yu Yuan

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 $(M^n,g)\subset \mathbb R^{n+1}$…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-07-17 Pengfei Guan , Guohuan Qiu

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…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-11-12 Ravi Shankar , Yu Yuan

We prove a priori interior C2 estimate for \sigma_2 = f in R3, which generalizes Warren-Yuan's result.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-04-23 Guohuan Qiu

In this paper, we obtain the interior derivative estimates of solutions for elliptic and parabolic Hessian quotient equations. Then we establish the Bernstein theorem for parabolic Hessian quotient equations, that is, any parabolically…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-05-30 Limei Dai , Jiguang Bao , Bo Wang

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

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…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-05-21 Connor Mooney

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,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-01-13 Jiabao Gong , Zixuan Liu , Qiang Tu

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…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-07-21 Xiaojuan Chen , Qiang Tu , Ni Xiang

In this paper, we establish a curvature estimate for semi-convex solutions of Hessian equations in hyperbolic space. We also obtain a curvature estimate for admissible solutions to prescribed curvature measure type problem in hyperbolic…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-02-28 Siyuan Lu

We study interior curvature estimates for convex graphs which satisfy the quotient equation $\frac{\sigma_{n}}{\sigma_{n-2}}(\lambda)=f(X)>0$ in this paper.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-05-07 Jianxiang Liu

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…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-02-18 Ruijia Zhang

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…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-11 Yuxiang Qiao
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