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Carleson measure estimates and $\epsilon$-approximation of bounded harmonic functions, without Ahlfors regularity assumptions

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2020-07-28 v3

Abstract

Let Ω\Omega be a domain in Rd+1\mathbb{R}^{d+1}, d1d \geq 1. In the paper's references [HMM2] and [GMT] it was proved that if Ω\Omega satisfies a corkscrew condition and if Ω\partial \Omega is dd-Ahlfors regular, i.e. Hausdorff measure Hd(B(x,r)Ω)rd\mathcal{H}^d(B(x,r) \cap \partial \Omega) \sim r^d for all xΩx \in \partial \Omega and 0<r<diam(Ω)0 < r < {\rm diam}(\partial \Omega), then Ω\partial \Omega is uniformly rectifiable if and only if (a) a square function Carleson measure estimate holds for every bounded harmonic function on Ω\Omega or (b) an ε\varepsilon-approximation property for all 0<ε<10 < \varepsilon <1 for every such function. Here we explore (a) and (b) when Ω\partial \Omega is not required to be Ahlfors regular. We first prove that (a) and (b) hold for any domain Ω\Omega for which there exists a domain Ω~Ω\widetilde \Omega \subset \Omega such that ΩΩ~\partial \Omega \subset \partial \widetilde \Omega and Ω~\partial \widetilde \Omega is uniformly rectifiable. We next assume Ω\Omega satisfies a corkscrew condition and Ω\partial \Omega satisfies a capacity density condition. Under these assumptions we prove conversely that the existence of such Ω~\widetilde \Omega implies (a) and (b) hold on Ω\Omega and give further characterizations of domains for which (a) or (b) holds. One is that harmonic measure satisfies a Carleson packing condition for diameters similar to the corona decompositionm proved equivalent to uniform rectifiability in [GMT]. The second characterization is reminiscent of the Carleson measure description of HH^{\infty} interpolating sequences in the unit disc.

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@article{arxiv.2006.10682,
  title  = {Carleson measure estimates and $\epsilon$-approximation of bounded harmonic functions, without Ahlfors regularity assumptions},
  author = {John Garnett},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.10682},
  year   = {2020}
}