Estimates for $k$-Hessian operator and some applications

Wan, Dongrui

Czechoslovak Mathematical Journal, Tome 63 (2013) no. 2, pp. 547-564.

Résumé

The $k$-convex functions are the viscosity subsolutions to the fully nonlinear elliptic equations $F_{k}[u]=0$, where $F_{k}[u]$ is the elementary symmetric function of order $k$, $1\leq k\leq n$, of the eigenvalues of the Hessian matrix $D^{2}u$. For example, $F_{1}[u]$ is the Laplacian $\Delta u$ and $F_{n}[u]$ is the real Monge-Ampère operator det $D^{2}u$, while $1$-convex functions and $n$-convex functions are subharmonic and convex in the classical sense, respectively. In this paper, we establish an approximation theorem for negative $k$-convex functions, and give several estimates for the mixed $k$-Hessian operator. Applications of these estimates to the $k$-Green functions are also established.

Détail

DOI : 10.1007/s10587-013-0037-x

Classification : 31A05, 31A15, 47J20, 58C35
Keywords: $k$-convex function; $k$-Hessian operator; $k$-Hessian measure; $k$-Green function