Maximum principles and isoperimetric inequalities for some Monge–Ampère-type problems

Abstract

In this note we derive a maximum principle for an appropriate functional combination of u(x) and |∇u|2, where u(x) is a strictly convex classical solution to a general class of Monge–Ampère equations. This maximum principle is then employed to establish some isoperimetric inequalities of interest in the theory of surfaces of constant Gauss curvature in RN+1.