The Dirichlet problem for the minimal hypersurface equation in \(M \times \mathbb R\) with prescribed asymptotic boundary (Q846997): Difference between revisions

Let \(M\) be a simply connected complete Riemannian manifold of dimension \(n\geq 2\) with negative sectional curvature \(K\) satisfying \(K\leq -k^2<0\), \(k>0\). Assume that there exists \(p\in M\) such that the isotropy group at \(p\) of the isometry group of \(M\) acts transitively on the geodesics spheres centered at \(p\). Let \(B\) be the open unit ball centered at the origin of \(T_pM\) and assume that \(\psi\in C^{2,\alpha}(\partial B)\) for some \(\alpha\in (0,1)\). The authors study the Dirichlet problem for the minimal graph on \(B\times{\mathbb R}\) with prescribed value at infinity. More precisely, the authors prove that the equation \[ div\,\frac{\nabla u}{\sqrt{1+|\nabla u|^2}}=0\quad in\;B \] subject to the boundary condition \(u=0\) on \(\partial B\) has a solution \(u\in C^{2,\alpha}(B)\cap C^0(\overline B)\). The proof of the main result combines \(C^1\) estimates of Killing vector fields with \(C^2\) estimates of the radial extension of \(\psi\) to \(\overline B\).