On a class of Monge-Ampére problems with non-homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition (Q1780136)

Summary: We assume in the plane that \( \Omega\) is a strictly convex domain, with its boundary \( \partial\Omega\) sufficiently regular. We consider the Monge--Ampere equations in its general form \[ \begin{cases} \det \nabla^2 u=h(u)g(|\nabla u|^2) &\text{in}\;\Omega\subseteq\mathbb{R}^n,\\u=f \text{on} \partial\Omega. \end{cases} \] This equation is subject to the non-homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition \(u = f\). A sharp necessary condition of solvability for this equation is given using the maximum principle in \(\mathbb{R}^2\). We note that this maximum principle is extended to the \(N\)-dimensional case and two different applications have been given to illustrate this principle.