Pogorelov type interior $C^2$ estimate for Hessian quotient equation and its application

Abstract

In this paper, we derive a Pogorelov type interior $C^2$ estimate for the Hessian quotient equation $\frac{\sigma _n}{\sigma _k}\left( D^2u\right) =f$. As an application, we show that convex viscosity solutions are regular for $k\leq n-3$ if $u\in C^{1,\alpha}$ with $\alpha>1-\frac{2}{n-k}$ or $u\in W^{2,p}$ with $p\geq\frac{(n-1)(n-k)}{2}$. Both exponents are sharp in view of the example in arXiv:2401.12229.