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Research Report MRR96-066

Hessian measures

Neil S. Trudinger and Xu-Jia Wang

Abstract: The Hessian partial differential operators, determined by the elementary symmetric functions, are extended as weakly continuous mappings from corresponding cones of continuous functions to Borel measures. The corresponding Dirichlet problem is shown to be uniquely solvable under appropriate conditions, thereby extending previous results for integrable inhomogeneous terms as well as the theory of generalized solutions of Monge-Ampère equations. We also consider extensions as signed measures on larger classes of functions and the application to Hessian integrals.


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