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Minimisers and Kellogg's theorem

Complex Variables 2020-03-23 v5

Abstract

We extend the celebrated theorem of Kellogg for conformal mappings to the minimizers of Dirichlet energy. Namely we prove that a diffeomorphic minimiser of Dirichlet energy of Sobolev mappings between double connected domains DD and Ω\Omega having Cn,α\mathscr{C}^{n,\alpha} boundary is Cn,α\mathscr{C}^{n,\alpha} up to the boundary, provided Mod(D)Mod(Ω)\text{Mod}(D)\ge \text{Mod}(\Omega). If Mod(D)<Mod(Ω)\text{Mod}(D)< \text{Mod}(\Omega) and n=1n=1 we obtain that the diffeomorphic minimiser has C1,α\mathscr{C}^{1,\alpha'} extension up to the boundary, for α=α/(2+α)\alpha'=\alpha/(2+\alpha). It is crucial that, every diffeomorphic minimizer of Dirichlet energy has a very special Hopf differential and this fact is used to prove that every diffeomorphic minimizer of Dirichlet energy can be locally lifted to a certain minimal surface near an arbitrary point inside and at the boundary.

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@article{arxiv.1908.10106,
  title  = {Minimisers and Kellogg's theorem},
  author = {David Kalaj and Bernhard Lamel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.10106},
  year   = {2020}
}

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26 pages. This version is published in Annalen

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