Methods and Applications of Analysis

Volume 19 (2012)

Number 2

On the existence of smooth solutions for fully nonlinear elliptic equations with measurable “coefficients” without convexity assumptions

Pages: 119 – 146

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4310/MAA.2012.v19.n2.a2

Author

Nicolai V. Krylov (Department of Mathematics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn., U.S.A.)

Abstract

We show that for any uniformly elliptic fully nonlinear second-order equation with bounded measurable “coefficients” and bounded “free” term one can find an approximating equation which has a unique continuous and having the second derivatives locally bounded solution in a given smooth domain with smooth boundary data. The approximating equation is constructed in such a way that it modifies the original one only for large values of the unknown function and its derivatives.

Keywords

fully nonlinear elliptic equations, Bellman’s equations, finite differences

2010 Mathematics Subject Classification

35J60, 39A14

Published 10 December 2012