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<dc:title>A constant rank theorem for quasiconcave solutions of fully nonlinear partial differential equations</dc:title>
<dc:creator>Baojun Bian</dc:creator><dc:creator>Pengfei Guan</dc:creator><dc:creator>Xinan Ma</dc:creator><dc:creator>Lu Xu</dc:creator>
<dc:subject>35J925</dc:subject><dc:subject>35J65</dc:subject><dc:subject>35B05</dc:subject><dc:subject>level-set</dc:subject><dc:subject>convexity</dc:subject><dc:subject>fully nonlinear equations</dc:subject>
<dc:description>We prove a constant rank theorem for the second fundamental form of the convex level surfaces of solutions to equations $F(D^2u,Du,u,x) = 0$ under a structural condition introduced by Bianchini-Longinetti-Salani in [C. Bianchini, M. Longinetti and P. Salani, \textit{Quasiconcave solutions to elliptic problems in convex rings},
Indiana Univ. Math. J. \textbf{58} (2009), 1565--1590].</dc:description>
<dc:publisher>Indiana University Mathematics Journal</dc:publisher>
<dc:date>2011</dc:date>
<dc:type>text</dc:type>
<dc:format>pdf</dc:format>
<dc:identifier>10.1512/iumj.2011.60.4222</dc:identifier>
<dc:source>10.1512/iumj.2011.60.4222</dc:source>
<dc:language>en</dc:language>
<dc:relation>Indiana Univ. Math. J. 60 (2011) 101 - 120</dc:relation>
<dc:coverage>state-of-the-art mathematics</dc:coverage>
<dc:rights>http://iumj.org/access/</dc:rights>
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