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A gradient estimate for harmonic functions sharing the same zeros

Analysis of PDEs 2015-12-02 v1

Abstract

Let u, v be two harmonic functions in the disk of radius two which have exactly the same set Z of zeros. We observe that the gradient of \log |u/v| is bounded in the unit disk by a constant which depends on Z only. In case Z is empty this goes back to Li-Yau's gradient estimate for positive harmonic functions. The general boundary Harnack principle gives H\"older estimates on \log |u/v|.

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@article{arxiv.1306.0565,
  title  = {A gradient estimate for harmonic functions sharing the same zeros},
  author = {Dan Mangoubi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1306.0565},
  year   = {2015}
}

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14 pages

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