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On s-harmonic functions on cones

Analysis of PDEs 2021-03-17 v2

Abstract

We deal with non negative functions satisfying {(Δ)sus=0inC,us=0inRnC, \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} (-\Delta)^s u_s=0 & \mathrm{in}\quad C, u_s=0 & \mathrm{in}\quad \mathbb{R}^n\setminus C, \end{array}\right. where s(0,1)s\in(0,1) and CC is a given cone on Rn\mathbb R^n with vertex at zero. We consider the case when ss approaches 11, wondering whether solutions of the problem do converge to harmonic functions in the same cone or not. Surprisingly, the answer will depend on the opening of the cone through an auxiliary eigenvalue problem on the upper half sphere. These conic functions are involved in the study of the nodal regions in the case of optimal partitions and other free boundary problems and play a crucial role in the extension of the Alt-Caffarelli-Friedman monotonicity formula to the case of fractional diffusions.

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@article{arxiv.1705.03717,
  title  = {On s-harmonic functions on cones},
  author = {Susanna Terracini and Giorgio Tortone and Stefano Vita},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1705.03717},
  year   = {2021}
}

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37 pages, 3 figures

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