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An $L^\infty$-variational problem involving the Fractional Laplacian

Analysis of PDEs 2026-05-22 v2

Abstract

For s(0,1)s\in(0,1) and an open bounded set ΩRn\Omega\subset\mathbb R^n, we prove existence and uniqueness of absolute minimisers of the supremal functional E(u)=(Δ)suL(Rn),E_\infty(u)=\|(-\Delta)^s u\|_{L^\infty(\mathbb R^n)}, where (Δ)s(-\Delta)^s is the Fractional Laplacian of order ss and uu has prescribed Dirichlet data in the complement of Ω\Omega. We further show that the minimiser uu_\infty satisfies the (fractional) PDE (Δ)su=E(u)sgnf\mboxinΩ, (-\Delta)^s u_\infty=E_\infty(u_\infty)\,\mathrm{sgn}f_\infty \qquad\mbox{in }\Omega, for some analytic function fL1(Ω)f_\infty\in L^1(\Omega) obtained as the restriction of an ss-harmonic measure μ\mu in Ω\Omega.

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@article{arxiv.2510.14476,
  title  = {An $L^\infty$-variational problem involving the Fractional Laplacian},
  author = {Simone Carano and Roger Moser},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.14476},
  year   = {2026}
}