The Critical LYZ Equation in Kähler Geometry

Abstract

We establish the existence of smooth solutions for the LYZ equation at the critical phase $θ=(n-2)\fracπ{2}$, thereby solving the critical case of a problem posed by Collins-Jacob-Yau and Li concerning the solvability for phase $θ\leq (n-2)\fracπ{2}$. As applications, we solve the 3D Hessian equation $σ_2 = 1$ and the 4D Hessian quotient equation $σ_3 = σ_1$ under weaker assumptions than previously required.