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Monotonicity formulas for harmonic functions in ${\rm RCD}(0,N)$ spaces

Differential Geometry 2022-01-03 v2 Metric Geometry

Abstract

We generalize to the RCD(0,N){\rm RCD}(0,N) setting a family of monotonicity formulas by Colding and Minicozzi for positive harmonic functions in Riemannian manifolds with non-negative Ricci curvature. Rigidity and almost rigidity statements are also proven, the second appearing to be new even in the smooth setting. Motivated by the recent work in [AFM] we also introduce the notion of electrostatic potential in RCD{\rm RCD} spaces, which also satisfies our monotonicity formulas. Our arguments are mainly based on new estimates for harmonic functions in RCD(K,N){\rm RCD}(K,N) spaces and on a new functional version of the `(almost) outer volume cone implies (almost) outer metric cone' theorem.

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@article{arxiv.2101.03331,
  title  = {Monotonicity formulas for harmonic functions in ${\rm RCD}(0,N)$ spaces},
  author = {Nicola Gigli and Ivan Yuri Violo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.03331},
  year   = {2022}
}

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