The convexity of solution of a class Hessian equation in bounded convex domain in \(\mathbb R^3\) (Q952500)

The authors consider the following equation in \(\mathbb{R}^3\): \[ S_2\left(\lambda\{D^2u\}\right)=1 \quad\text{in }\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^3, \qquad u=0\quad\text{on }\partial\Omega,\tag{1} \] where \(\Omega\) is a bounded convex domain, \(\lambda\{D^2u\}\) means the eigenvalues of Hessian matrix, and \(S_2\) denotes the 2th elementary symmetric function. The authors show that, if \(u\in C^\infty (\overline\Omega)\) is the admissible solution of (1), and \(\Omega\) is strictly convex bounded domain in \(\mathbb{R}^3\), then \(v:=-(-u)^{1/2}\) is strictly convex, and the convexity index \(1/2\) is sharp. To this end the authors use the deformation method.