A priori estimation of the solution modulus for a certain class of Monge- Ampère elliptic equations on a two-dimensional sphere (Q1102446)

The note is connected with author's previous paper [Math. Notes 34, 546- 550 (1984); translation from Mat. Zametki 34, No.1, 123-130 (1983; Zbl 0546.35029)]. Let S be a unique sphere in \(R^ 3\) with its centre in the origin. Let \(g(x)>0\), \(g\in C(S)\) and \(u\in C(S)\cap C^ 2(W)\), where \(W\subset S\). Let u solve the equation \[ (1)\quad u[u^ 2+(\nabla u,\nabla u)]^{- 3/2} [(\det g^{ij})(\det \nabla_ i\nabla_ ju)+u\Delta u+u^ 2]=g(x)\quad on\quad W. \] The function u is said to be a generalized solution of (1) on S, if \(\bar W=S.\) Define \(G(H)=\iint_{H}g(x)dx\) for each Borel set \(H\subset S\). Suppose that i) \(G(S)=4\pi\), (ii) For each spherically convex set \(U\subset S:\omega (u)<G(S\setminus U)\), where \(\omega\) (U) is the curvature of the cone with the vertex 0 and the directrix \(\{\partial U\}.\) Suppose that u is a positive solution of (1) on S. Put \(t(u)=(\min_{S}u)/(\max_{S}u)\), \(I(g)=\iint_{S}(g-1)^+ dx.\) Theorem: Let \(g\subset C(S)\), \(g>0\) satisfy the conditions i), ii) and let \(I(G)<2\sqrt{3}-3\). Then \(\tau\) (t)(arccos t)/(1\(+\tau (t))<\arcsin \sqrt{I(g)/(2\sqrt{3}-3)}\), where \(\tau (t)=-(1/2)arctg(\log (t/2\pi))\).