# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

August  2011, 4(4): 825-831. doi: 10.3934/dcdss.2011.4.825

## Shape optimization for Monge-Ampère equations via domain derivative

 1 Dipartimento di Matematica e Applicazioni “R. Caccioppoli”, Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”, Complesso Universitario Monte S. Angelo, via Cintia, 80126 Napoli 2 Dipartimento di Matematica e Applicazioni “R. Caccioppoli”, Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”, Via Cintia, Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli

Received  October 2009 Revised  January 2010 Published  November 2010

In this note we prove that, if $\Omega$ is a smooth, strictly convex, open set in $R^n$ $(n \ge 2)$ with given measure, the $L^1$ norm of the convex solution to the Dirichlet problem $\det D^2 u=1$ in $\Omega$, $u=0$ on $\partial\Omega$, is minimum whenever $\Omega$ is an ellipsoid.
Citation: Barbara Brandolini, Carlo Nitsch, Cristina Trombetti. Shape optimization for Monge-Ampère equations via domain derivative. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - S, 2011, 4 (4) : 825-831. doi: 10.3934/dcdss.2011.4.825
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