scholarly journals A Class of Fully Nonlinear Equations Arising in Conformal Geometry

Author(s):  
Li Chen ◽  
Xi Guo ◽  
Yan He

Abstract In this paper, we consider the equations of Krylov type in conformal geometry on closed smooth Riemannian manifolds, which can be viewed as an extension of $\sigma _k$-Yamabe equation. Moreover, we prove local gradient and 2nd-derivative estimates for solutions to these equations and establish an existence result.

Author(s):  
Alessandro Goffi ◽  
Francesco Pediconi

AbstractWe investigate strong maximum (and minimum) principles for fully nonlinear second-order equations on Riemannian manifolds that are non-totally degenerate and satisfy appropriate scaling conditions. Our results apply to a large class of nonlinear operators, among which Pucci’s extremal operators, some singular operators such as those modeled on the p- and $$\infty $$ ∞ -Laplacian, and mean curvature-type problems. As a byproduct, we establish new strong comparison principles for some second-order uniformly elliptic problems when the manifold has nonnegative sectional curvature.


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