Boundary blow-up solutions to the Monge-Ampère equation: Sharp conditions and asymptotic behavior

Abstract

Abstract Consider the boundary blow-up Monge-Ampère problem $$\begin{array}{} \displaystyle M[u]=K(x)f(u) \mbox{ for } x \in {\it\Omega},\; u(x)\rightarrow +\infty \mbox{ as } {\rm dist}(x,\partial {\it\Omega})\rightarrow 0. \end{array}$$ Here M[u] = det (uxixj) is the Monge-Ampère operator, and Ω is a smooth, bounded, strictly convex domain in ℝN (N ≥ 2). Under K(x) satisfying appropriate conditions, we first prove that the boundary blow-up Monge-Ampère problem has a strictly convex solution if and only if f satisfies Keller-Osserman type condition. Then the asymptotic behavior of strictly convex solutions to the boundary blow-up Monge-Ampère problem is considered under weaker condition with respect to previous references. Finally, if f does not satisfy Keller-Osserman type condition, we show the existence of strictly convex solutions under different conditions on K(x). The proof combines standard techniques based upon the sub-supersolution method with non-standard arguments, such as the Karamata regular variation theory.