Dirichlet Duality and the Nonlinear Dirichlet Problem on Riemannian Manifolds

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2009-07-13

arxiv.org/abs/0907.1981v4

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Analysis of PDEs

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In this paper we study the Dirichlet problem for fully nonlinear second-order equations on a riemannian manifold. As in a previous paper we define equations via closed subsets of the 2-jet bundle. Basic existence and uniqueness theorems are established in a wide variety of settings. However, the emphasis is on starting with a constant coefficient equation as a model, which then universally determines an equation on every riemannian manifold which is equipped with a topological reduction of the structure group to the invariance group of the model. For example, this covers all branches of the homogeneous complex Monge-Ampere equation on an almost complex hermitian manifold X. In general, for an equation F on a manifold X and a smooth domain D in X, we give geometric conditions which imply that the Dirichlet problem on D is uniquely solvable for all continuous boundary functions. We begin by introducing a weakened form of comparison which has the advantage that local implies global. We then associate to F two natural "conical subequations": a monotonicity subequation M and the asymptotic interior of F. If X carries a global M-subharmonic function, then weak comparison implies full comparison. The asymptotic interior of F is used to formulate boundary convexity and provide barriers. In combination the Dirichlet problem becomes uniquely solvable as claimed. A considerable portion of the paper is concerned with specific examples. They include a wide variety of equations which make sense on any riemannian manifold, and many which hold universally on almost complex or quaternionic hermitian manifolds, or topologically calibrated manifolds.

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