\(W^{4, p}\) solution to the second boundary value problem of the prescribed affine mean curvature and Abreu's equations (Q2634266)

A fourth order nonlinear partial differential equation of the form \[ L[u]\equiv U^{ij}w_{ij}=f,\quad w= G'(\det D^2u), \eqno(1) \] in \(\Omega\subset\mathbb R^n\) is considered. Here \(\Omega\) is a bounded, smooth and uniformly convex domain with \(\partial\Omega\in C^{3,1}\), \(u\) is a locally uniformly convex function in \(\overline{\Omega}\), \(U=(U^{ij})= (\det D^2u)(D^2u)^{-1}\) is the matrix of cofactors of the Hessian matrix \(D^2u=(u_{ij})\) and \(G:(0,\infty)\to\mathbb R\) is a smooth, strictly increasing and strictly concave function. The boundary value problem for (1) with the values of \(u\) and its Hessian determinant \(\det D^2u\) on the boundary \[ u =\varphi,\quad w=\psi \quad\text{ on } \partial\Omega \eqno(2) \] is studied. Theorem 1.1: Let \(p>n\) and \(w(d)=G'(d)\) satisfies conditions: (A1) \(w'+(1-\frac1n)w/d\leq 0\); (B2) \(G(d)-dG'(d)\to \infty\), when \(d\to\infty\); (A3) \(d^{1-1/n}w\to\infty\) as \(d\to 0\). Suppose \(f\in L^p(\Omega)\), \(\varphi\in W^{4,p} (\Omega)\) and \(\psi\in W^{2,p} (\Omega)\) with \(\inf_\Omega \psi>0\). Then there exists a unique uniformly convex solution \(u\in W^{4,p} (\Omega)\) to the boundary value problem (1)--(2). Theorem 1.2: Under conditions of Theorem 1.1 for any uniformly convex solution \(u\in C^4(\overline\Omega)\) of (1)--(2) the estimate \(\| u\|_{W^{4,p} (\Omega)}\leq C\) holds, where \(C\) depends on \(n\), \(p\), \(G\), \(\Omega\), \(\| f\|_{L^{p} (\Omega)}\), \(\|\varphi\|_{W^{4,p} (\Omega)}\), \(\|\psi\|_{W^{2,p} (\Omega)}\), and \(\inf_\Omega \psi\). A function \(G\) satisfying (A1), (B2) and (A3) is \(G(d)=\frac{d^\theta-1} \theta\), where \(0<\theta<1/n\).