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Brownian motion and the parabolicity of minimal graphs

Differential Geometry 2008-10-06 v1 Probability

Abstract

We prove that minimal graphs (other than planes) are parabolic in the sense that any bounded harmonic function is determined by its boundary values. The proof relies on using the coupling introduced in the author's earlier paper "A martingale approach to minimal surfaces" to show that Brownian motion on such a minimal graph almost surely strikes the boundary in finite time.

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@article{arxiv.0810.0669,
  title  = {Brownian motion and the parabolicity of minimal graphs},
  author = {Robert W. Neel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0810.0669},
  year   = {2008}
}

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7 pages