Aug 2026· 8 citations· ⚡ 4 influential· 14 references
Mathematics
Abstract
We prove a concavity inequality for the Hessian quotient operator $\sigma_k/\sigma_{k-1}$ using a change of basis for symmetric polynomials. This removes an additional structural concavity assumption previously imposed in the interior $C^2$ estimate for convex solutions of the $\sigma_k/\sigma_{k-1}$ equation. The method also yields several useful inequalities for elementary symmetric polynomials.
We establish a concavity inequality for the Hessian quotient operators $\frac{\sigma_k}{\sigma_l}$ in the cases $k-l\in\{1,2\}$, and then derive the corresponding Jacobi inequality. Combining this with the framework developed by Lu and Tsai, we obtain an interior Hessian estimate for convex solutions of $\frac{\sigma_k...
In this paper, we establish interior $C^2$ estimates for admissible semiconvex solutions to the general Hessian quotient equation $\frac{\sigma_k}{\sigma_l}(D^2u)=f(x,u),$ for the cases $l=k-1$ and $l=k-2$, where $f$ is a positive $C^2$ function. Such estimates are known to fail in general for $k-l\geq 3$, even for con...
We prove strict convexity of the square-root transformation $v=-\sqrt{-u}$ for admissible solutions of a graphical $\sigma_2$-curvature Dirichlet problem on smooth uniformly convex domains. A key ingredient is a constant-rank theorem for $D^2v$, proved by a direct Ma-Xu type argument in dimension three and by the Bian-...
We prove interior $C^2$ regularity for convex viscosity solutions of the $3$-Hessian equation $\sigma_3(D^2u)=f(x)$ with $f\in C^{0,1}, \inf f>0$, under a strict $3$-convexity condition on $u$.
In this paper, we establish a doubling argument to obtain Hessian estimates for convex solutions to the Hessian quotient equation $\frac{\sigma_n}{\sigma_k}(D^2u) = f(x,u,Du)$ for $k=n-1$ and $k=n-2$ under the condition that $\log f$ is convex in the $Du$ variable. In particular, our approach is pointwise and does not...
In this note, we prove a priori interior curvature bounds for strictly convex solutions to elliptic Weingarten curvature quotient equations. The proof does not employ the advanced methods involving integral estimates or compactness arguments. Instead, it relies on a concavity inequality for the equation operator and a...
Bin Wang· 1 citation· ⚡1
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