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Regularity for convex viscosity solutions of $\sigma_3$ equation

Aug 2026 · 0 citations · 18 references
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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 $u$.

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