Comparison results for Monge-Ampère type equations with lower order terms (Q1429979)

The paper deals with Monge-Ampère type equations in two dimensions. By means of symmetrization with respect to the perimeter of the domain, the author proves comparison results for solutions involving suitable symmetrized problems. Precisely, given an open and convex domain \(\Omega\subset {\mathbb R}^2\) and consider the problem \[ \left\{\begin{align*}{ \text{det\,}D^2u +b(x,u,Du)=f(x)&\quad \text{in}\ \Omega,\cr u=0&\quad \text{on}\ \partial\Omega,\cr u& \quad \text{convex in}\ \Omega,}\end{align*} \right. \] where \(f\in L^(\Omega)\) is a non-negative function and \(b(x,s,\xi)\) is a Carathéodory function satisfying \(| b(x,s,\xi)| \leq B| \xi| .\) Set \(u^\star\) for the rearrangement of \(u\) with respect to the perimeter \(L\) of \(\Omega,\) that is, \[ u^\star(s)=\sup\{t\leq 0\colon\;\lambda(t)\leq s\}\quad \text{for}\;s\in [0,L] \] where \(\Lambda(t)\) is the perimeter of the level set \(\{u<t\}\) of \(u\) for \(u<0\) in \(\Omega,\) \(\min u\leq t\leq 0.\) Define further \(\Omega^\star\) as the disc having the same perimeter \(L\) as \(\Omega\) and \(f^{\#}\) as the spherically symmetric decreasing rearrangement of \(f\) in \(\Omega^\star,\) and let \(v\) be a solution of the symmetrized problem \[ \left\{\begin{align*}{ \text{det\,}D^2v=f^{\#}+B\vert Dv\vert &\quad \text{in}\ \Omega^\star,\cr v=0&\quad \text{on}\ \partial\Omega^\star,\cr v& \quad \text{convex in}\ \Omega^\star.}\end{align*} \right. \] The main result of the paper asserts that \[ \begin{align*}{ \int_0^s \vert u^\star(r)\vert \,dr \leq& \int_0^s \vert v^\star(r)\vert \,dr \quad s\in [0,L],\cr \int_\Omega \vert Du\vert \,dx \leq& \int_{\Omega^\star} \vert Dv\vert \,dx.}\end{align*} \]