Liouville-type theorems for coupled-drift Monge-Ampère equations

Abstract

In this paper, we study entire solutions and periodic correctors for the coupled-drift Monge-Ampère equation \[ \det D^2u = \exp\{-a\cdot Du+b\cdot x+V(x)-c_0\}, \quad D^2u>0. \] For $V\equiv 0$, we obtain a sharp classification of the whole-space solvability regimes: all entire smooth strictly convex solutions are quadratic when $a=b=0$; no such solution exists when $a\ne 0$ and $a\cdot b\le 0$; and non-quadratic entire solutions exist when $a=0$ and $b\ne 0$, or when $a\cdot b>0$. For the null case $a\ne 0$, $a\cdot b=0$, we give a scalar maximum-principle argument in every dimension $n\ge 2$. For periodic $V$, we prove existence and uniqueness of the normalized pair $({\psi }_A,c_A)$ solving the drifted cell problem \[ \det(A+D^2ψ) = \exp\{-a\cdot Dψ+V-c_A\}, \quad A+D^2ψ>0 \quad\text{on }\mathbb T^n. \] We also prove that any asymptotically quadratic entire solution must satisfy $b=Aa$. If its remainder is bounded, then the solution is the corresponding quadratic-periodic corrector up to an additive constant.

38 pages; simplified some arguments and corrected several typos