Existence theorems for Monge-Ampère equations in \(\mathbb{R}{}^ N\) (Q1174687)

The authors prove the existence of infinitely many positive radial entire solutions \(u\) of Monge-Ampère equations of the form \(\det D^ 2u=\alpha\Delta u+\lambda f(| x|,u,| Du|)\) in \(\mathbb{R}^ N\), \(N\geq3\), which grow like constant multiples of \(| x|^ 2\) as \(| x|\to\infty\). Here \(\alpha>0\) and \(\lambda\in\mathbb{R}\) are constants and \(f\) is a continuous function satisfying a number of technical conditions. The cases \(N=2\), \(\alpha\geq0\) and \(N\geq3\), \(\alpha=0\) were treated in earlier work of the same authors [Differ. Integral Equ. 3, 487-493 (1990; Zbl 0723.35030); SIAM J. Math. Anal. 22, 157-168 (1991)].