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Existence and uniqueness of limits at infinity for bounded variation functions

Functional Analysis 2024-09-19 v2

Abstract

In this paper, we study the existence of limits at infinity along almost every infinite curve for the upper and lower approximate limits of bounded variation functions on complete unbounded metric measure spaces. We prove that if the measure is doubling and supports a 11-Poincar\'e inequality, then for every bounded variation function ff and for 11-a.e. infinite curve γ\gamma, for both the upper approximate limit ff^\vee and the lower approximate limit ff^\wedge we have that limt+f(γ(t))  and  limt+f(γ(t)) \lim_{t\to+\infty}f^\vee(\gamma(t)) {\rm \ \ and\ \ }\lim_{t\to+\infty}f^\wedge(\gamma(t)) exist and are equal to the same finite value. We give examples showing that the conditions of doubling and a 11-Poincar\'e inequality are also necessary for the existence of limits. Furthermore, we establish a characterization for strictly positive 11-modulus of the family of all infinite curves in terms of bounded variation functions. These generalize results for Sobolev functions given in \cite{KN23}.

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@article{arxiv.2404.09489,
  title  = {Existence and uniqueness of limits at infinity for bounded variation functions},
  author = {Panu Lahti and Khanh Nguyen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.09489},
  year   = {2024}
}
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