# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

2014, 13(3): 1061-1074. doi: 10.3934/cpaa.2014.13.1061

## Multi-valued solutions to a class of parabolic Monge-Ampère equations

 1 School of Mathematics and information Science, Weifang University, Shandong Weifang, 261061, China

Received  March 2013 Revised  September 2013 Published  December 2013

In this paper, we investigate the multi-valued solutions of a class of parabolic Monge-Ampère equation $-u_{t}\det(D^{2}u)=f$. Using the Perron method, we obtain the existence of finitely valued and infinitely valued solutions to the parabolic Monge-Ampère equations. We generalize the results of elliptic Monge-Ampère equations and Hessian equations.
Citation: Limei Dai. Multi-valued solutions to a class of parabolic Monge-Ampère equations. Communications on Pure & Applied Analysis, 2014, 13 (3) : 1061-1074. doi: 10.3934/cpaa.2014.13.1061
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