Existence and nonexistence to exterior Dirichlet problem for Monge-Ampère equation

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Abstract: We consider the exterior Dirichlet problem for Monge-Amp`ere equation with prescribed asymptotic behavior. Based on earlier work by Caffarelli and the first named author, we complete the characterization of the existence and nonexistence of solutions in terms of their asymptotic behaviors.


Let \(D\) be a smooth bounded strictly convex domain in \(\mathbb{R}^n\) for \(n\geq3\) and let \(\phi\) be a \(C^2\) function on the boundary. Let \(A\) be an \(n\times n\) symmetric unimodular positive definite matrix and let \(b\) be given. Previous work by \textit{L. Caffarelli} and \textit{Y. Li} [Commun. Pure Appl. Math. 56, No. 5, 549--583 (2003; Zbl 1236.35041)] showed there exists a constant \(c_1=c_1(n,D,\phi,A,b)\) such that if \(c>c_1\), then there exists a unique solution \(u\) which is smooth on the complement of \(D\) and continuous on the closure of the boundary satisfying the Monge-Ampère equation \(\det(D^2u)=1\) on the complement of \(D\) with \(u=\phi\) on the boundary and with asymptotic behaviour \[ \lim_{|x|\rightarrow\infty}|u(x)-(\frac12 x^tAx+bx+c)|=0\,. \] In the current paper, the authors show that there is a sharp constant \(C_*\) so that solutions exist for \(c\geq C_*\) and do not exist otherwise. The authors also prove a similar result for viscosity solutions. The main contribution is to give a complete characterization of the existence and non-existence of solutions to the exerior Dirichlet problem based on their asymptotic behavior; the interior problem is quite different.




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