English

Classically psh and pluriharmonic functions on Berkovich spaces

Algebraic Geometry 2025-09-18 v2 Complex Variables

Abstract

First we extend the theory of subharmonic functions on smooth strictly kk-analytic curves from Thuillier's thesis to the case of possibly singular analytic curves over a non-archimedean field. Classically psh functions are then defined as in complex geometry by using pullbacks to analytic curves (and requiring compatibility with base change). We give various properties of classically psh functions including a local and a global maximum principle. As a consequence, we show that the space of pluriharmonic functions on a quasi-compact Berkovich space is finite dimensional. As a technical tool, we use that a connected Berkovich space is connected by analytic curves.

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@article{arxiv.2506.13548,
  title  = {Classically psh and pluriharmonic functions on Berkovich spaces},
  author = {Walter Gubler and Joseph Rabinoff},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.13548},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

40 pages. Theorem 6.5 is new. Explained the relationship to the psh functions in the new version of [CLD]

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