On a Natural Quadratic Gradient Term for the Pucci Extremal Operators

Abstract We introduce a quadratic gradient type term for the Pucci extremal operators. Our analysis demonstrates that this proposed term extends the classical quadratic gradient term associated with the Laplace equation, and we investigate the impact of the Kazdan-Kramer transformation. As an application, we explore the existence, non-existence, uniqueness, Liouville-type results, and asymptotic behavior of solutions for the new class of Pucci equations under various conditions on both nonlinearity and domains.