Hyperbolic Monge-Ampère Equation on a Cylinder: Well-Posedness and Stability

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Hauptverfasser: Deliyianni, Maria, Venkataramani, Shankar C.
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author Deliyianni, Maria
Venkataramani, Shankar C.
author_facet Deliyianni, Maria
Venkataramani, Shankar C.
contents This paper develops a rigorous analytic framework for the hyperbolic Monge-Ampère equation on strip-like domains, which model wrinkled patterns in thin elastic sheets. Our work addresses the rigid side of the classical rigidity-flexibility dichotomy by defining this regime not by high smoothness, but by the more fundamental property of partial convexity. The hodograph transformation is the natural tool for this setting, as its validity is predicated on partial convexity. It converts the nonlinear Monge-Ampère equation into a linear damped wave equation, allowing us to formulate a well-posed Cauchy-Goursat problem. A key challenge is the corner singularity that arises where characteristic and non-characteristic boundary data meet. To resolve this, we develop a parametrix-corrector decomposition that captures the solution's inherent singular behavior. This method recasts the problem as a singular Volterra integral equation, for which we prove the existence and uniqueness of a new class of hodograph weak solutions. Finally, we derive energy estimates to establish the quantitative stability of these rigid solutions under perturbations of the underlying curvature function.
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spellingShingle Hyperbolic Monge-Ampère Equation on a Cylinder: Well-Posedness and Stability
Deliyianni, Maria
Venkataramani, Shankar C.
Analysis of PDEs
Mathematical Physics
Differential Geometry
35L70, 53A05, 35L20, 45D05, 35Q74
This paper develops a rigorous analytic framework for the hyperbolic Monge-Ampère equation on strip-like domains, which model wrinkled patterns in thin elastic sheets. Our work addresses the rigid side of the classical rigidity-flexibility dichotomy by defining this regime not by high smoothness, but by the more fundamental property of partial convexity. The hodograph transformation is the natural tool for this setting, as its validity is predicated on partial convexity. It converts the nonlinear Monge-Ampère equation into a linear damped wave equation, allowing us to formulate a well-posed Cauchy-Goursat problem. A key challenge is the corner singularity that arises where characteristic and non-characteristic boundary data meet. To resolve this, we develop a parametrix-corrector decomposition that captures the solution's inherent singular behavior. This method recasts the problem as a singular Volterra integral equation, for which we prove the existence and uniqueness of a new class of hodograph weak solutions. Finally, we derive energy estimates to establish the quantitative stability of these rigid solutions under perturbations of the underlying curvature function.
title Hyperbolic Monge-Ampère Equation on a Cylinder: Well-Posedness and Stability
topic Analysis of PDEs
Mathematical Physics
Differential Geometry
35L70, 53A05, 35L20, 45D05, 35Q74
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.25553