Iterative properties of solution for a general singular \(n\)-Hessian equation with decreasing nonlinearity (Q2213750)

This paper deals with the iterative properties of solutions for a class of general singular \(n\)-Hessian equations with Dirichlet boundary condition of the form \[ (-1)^{n}S_{n}^{\frac{1}{n}}(\mu (D^{2}u))= g(|x|, u),\text{ in }\Omega\subset R^{N},\ (n< N <2n)\tag{1} \] \[ u=0\text{ on }\partial \Omega,\tag{2} \] where \(\Omega\) is a unit ball, \(g:\Omega/\{0\}\times (0,\infty)\rightarrow [0,+\infty)\) is continuous, \(S_{n}(\mu(D^{2}u))\) is a \(n\)-Hessian operator defined by \[ S_{n}(\mu (D^{2}u))=\sum_{1\leq i_{1}<i_{2}<\dots<i_{n}\leq N}\mu_{i_{1}}\cdot\mu_{i_{2}}\cdots\mu_{i_{n}},\ n=1,2,\dots,N, \] where \(\mu_{1},\mu_{2},\dots,\mu_{N}\) are eigenvalues of the Hessian matrix \(D^{2}(u)\) and \(\mu(D^{2}(u)) = (\mu_{1},\mu_{2},\dots,\mu_{N})\) is the vector of the eigenvalues of \(D^{2}(u)\). In this paper, the authors have introduced a double iterative technique to establish the criterion of the existence for unique solution of the equations (1)-(2). They study the convergence properties of the solution, error estimation and the convergence rate between iterative value and exact solution. It may be noted that the nonlinear function involved in (1) is decreasing and allows a stronger singularity at some points of the time or space variables. Thus this study is different from earlier ones. An example is given to illustrate their main result.