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The harmonicity of slice regular functions

Complex Variables 2020-11-09 v3 Probability Rings and Algebras

Abstract

In this article we investigate harmonicity, Laplacians, mean value theorems and related topics in the context of quaternionic analysis. We observe that a Mean Value Formula for slice regular functions holds true and it is a consequence of the well known Representation Formula for slice regular functions over H\mathbb{H}. Motivated by this observation, we have constructed three order-two differential operators in the kernel of which slice regular functions are, answering positively to the question: is a slice regular function over H\mathbb{H} (analogous to an holomorphic function over C\mathbb{C}) "harmonic" in some sense, i.e. is it in the kernel of some order-two differential operator over H\mathbb{H} ? Finally, some applications are deduced, such as a Poisson Formula for slice regular functions over H\mathbb{H} and a Jensen's Formula for semi-regular ones.

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@article{arxiv.1902.08165,
  title  = {The harmonicity of slice regular functions},
  author = {Cinzia Bisi and Joerg Winkelmann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.08165},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

The exposition of this paper has been improved a lot following the valuable suggestions of a careful Referee that we warmly thank. The paper will appear soon on The Journal of Geometric Analysis

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