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Convexity of level lines of Martin functions and applications

Analysis of PDEs 2019-09-12 v3 Complex Variables

Abstract

Let Ω\Omega be an unbounded domain in R×Rd.\mathbb{R}\times\mathbb{R}^{d}. A positive harmonic function uu on Ω\Omega that vanishes on the boundary of Ω\Omega is called a Martin function. In this note, we show that, when Ω\Omega is convex, the superlevel sets of a Martin function are also convex. As a consequence we obtain that if in addition Ω\Omega is symmetric, then the maximum of any Martin function along a slice Ω({t}×Rd)\Omega\cap (\{t\}\times\mathbb{R}^d) is attained at (t,0).(t,0).

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@article{arxiv.1710.00280,
  title  = {Convexity of level lines of Martin functions and applications},
  author = {A. -K. Gallagher and J. Lebl and K. Ramachandran},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.00280},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

Statement of Theorem 1.2 revised. 8 pages, 2 figures