A method of solution for the inverse problem for $h$-functions of planar Brownian motion
Abstract
Given a planar domain , the harmonic measure distribution function , with base point , is the harmonic measure with pole at of the parts of the boundary which are within a distance of . Equivalently it is the probability Brownian motion started from first strikes the boundary within a distance from . We call the -function of , this function captures geometrical aspects of the domain, such as connectivity, or curvature of the boundary. This paper is concerned with the inverse problem: given a suitable function , does there exist a domain such that ? To answer this, we first extend the concept of a -function of a domain to one of a stopping time . By using the conformal invariance of Brownian motion we solve the inverse problem for that of a stopping time. The associated stopping time will be the projection of a hitting time of the real line. If this projection corresponds to the hitting time of a domain , then this technique solves the original inverse problem. We have found a large family of examples such that the associated stopping time is that of a hitting time.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2412.05764,
title = {A method of solution for the inverse problem for $h$-functions of planar Brownian motion},
author = {Greg Markowsky and Clayton McDonald},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.05764},
year = {2025}
}
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