Hessian estimate for semiconvex solutions to the sigma-2 equation

Abstract

We derive a priori interior Hessian estimates for semiconvex solutions to the sigma-2 equation. An elusive Jacobi inequality, a transformation rule under the Legendre-Lewy transform, and a mean value inequality for the still nonuniformly elliptic equation without area structure are the key to our arguments. Previously, this result was known for almost convex solutions.

submitted to Calculus of Variations and PDEs