Analysis & PDE

• Anal. PDE
• Volume 9, Number 7 (2016), 1693-1709.

A second order estimate for general complex Hessian equations

Abstract

We consider the general complex Hessian equations with right-hand sides depending on gradients, which are motivated by the Fu–Yau equations arising from the study of Strominger systems. The second order estimate for the solution is crucial to solving the equation by the method of continuity. We obtain such an estimate for the $χ$-plurisubharmonic solutions.

Article information

Source
Anal. PDE, Volume 9, Number 7 (2016), 1693-1709.

Dates
Revised: 29 April 2016
Accepted: 28 May 2016
First available in Project Euclid: 16 November 2017

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.apde/1510843354

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.2140/apde.2016.9.1693

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3570235

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1353.32024

Citation

Phong, Duong; Picard, Sebastien; Zhang, Xiangwen. A second order estimate for general complex Hessian equations. Anal. PDE 9 (2016), no. 7, 1693--1709. doi:10.2140/apde.2016.9.1693. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.apde/1510843354

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