Minimal m-subharmonic functions with nonmaximal Hessian measures

Abstract

For every $2\le m\le n$, we construct Hölder continuous functions on the closed unit ball that are minimal in the Cegrell class $\F_m$, although their Hessian measures are not maximal in the $m$-subharmonic ordering. This answers a question posed by the second author. We also obtain a minimality criterion based on partial pluricomplex energy and an explicit family of Monge--Ampère examples on a product domain. For $m=1$, minimality and maximality are equivalent on a ball.

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