Higher-dimensional polyhedral singularity conjecture for the Monge–Ampère equation

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Let Ω⊂Rn\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n be a compact convex polytope, and let Γk\Gamma_k denote its kk-skeleton. A convex function is a function whose epigraph is convex. Higher-dimensional polyhedral singularity conjecture. There exists a convex function u:Rn→Ru: \mathbb{R}^n \rightarrow \mathbb{R} such that

Γ⌈n2−1⌉⊂{u=0},u∈C∞(Rn\Γ⌈n2−1⌉),anddet⁡D2u=1+∑q∈Γ0aqδq\Gamma_{\left\lceil \frac{n}{2} - 1\right\rceil} \subset \{u = 0\}, \quad u \in C^{\infty}\left(\mathbb{R}^n \backslash\Gamma_{\left\lceil \frac{n}{2} - 1\right\rceil}\right), \quad \text{and} \quad \det D^2u = 1 + \sum_{q \in \Gamma_0} a_q\delta_q

for some coefficients aq>0a_q > 0. The conjecture would extend the paper's construction of solutions with polyhedral singularities from dimensions n≤4n \leq 4 to higher dimensions, provided the corresponding qualitative regularity result for the Monge–Ampère obstacle problem holds in those dimensions.

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Connor Mooney, “Solutions to the Monge-Ampère equation with polyhedral and Y-shaped singularities”, arXiv:2004.06696 (2020).

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