Dans cet article on étudie les fonctions surharmoniques dans un espace $\Omega$ muni de la théorie axiomatique des fonctions harmoniques avec les axiomes 1, 2, 3 de M. Brelot, en supposant que les constantes sont harmoniques dans $\Omega$ et qu’il n’existe pas de potentiel $\>0$ dans $\Omega$. Ainsi, dans la théorie axiomatique, on se propose de chercher à étendre les particularités du cas plan et quelques résultats sur les surfaces de Riemann du type parabolique. On démontre premièrement, en utilisant une notion de flux...

Let $G\subset {ℝ}^m$$(m\ge 2)$ be an open set with a compact boundary $B$ and let $\sigma \ge 0$ be a finite measure on $B$. Consider the space $L^1\left(\sigma \right)$ of all $\sigma$-integrable functions on $B$ and, for each...

Let $K\subset {ℝ}^m$ ($m\ge 2$) be a compact set; assume that each ball centered on the boundary $B$ of $K$ meets $K$ in a set of positive Lebesgue measure. Let $C_0^{\left(1\right)}$ be the class of all continuously differentiable real-valued functions with compact support in ${ℝ}^m$ and denote by ${\sigma }_m$ the area of the unit sphere in ${ℝ}^m$. With each $\varphi \in C_0^{\left(1\right)}$ we associate the function $$W_K\varphi \left(z\right)=\frac{1}{{\sigma }_m}\underset{{ℝ}^m\setminus K}{\to }\int \mathrm{g}rad\varphi \left(x\right)·\frac{z-x}{{|z-x|}^m}x$$ of the variable $z\in K$ (which is continuous in $K$ and harmonic in $K\setminus B$). $W_K\varphi$ depends only on the restriction ${\varphi |}_B$ of $\varphi$ to the boundary $B$ of $K$. This gives rise to a linear operator $W_K$ acting from...

The $k$-convex functions are the viscosity subsolutions to the fully nonlinear elliptic equations $F_k\left[u\right]=0$, where $F_k\left[u\right]$ is the elementary symmetric function of order $k$, $1\le k\le n$, of the eigenvalues of the Hessian matrix $D^{2}u$. For example, $F_1\left[u\right]$ is the Laplacian $\Delta u$ and $F_n\left[u\right]$ is the real Monge-Ampère operator det $D^{2}u$, while $1$-convex functions and $n$-convex functions are subharmonic and convex in the classical sense, respectively. In this paper, we establish an approximation theorem for negative $k$-convex functions, and give several...

We obtain an estimate for the Poisson kernel for the class of second order left-invariant differential operators on higher rank NA groups.

For rank one solvable Lie groups of the type NA estimates for the Poisson kernels and their derivatives are obtained. The results give estimates on the Poisson kernel and its derivatives in a natural parametrization of the Poisson boundary (minus one point) of a general homogeneous, simply connected manifold of negative curvature.

We prove global pointwise estimates for the Green function of a parabolic operator with potential in the parabolic Kato class on a $C^{1,1}$ cylindrical domain Ω. We apply these estimates to obtain a new and shorter proof of the Harnack inequality [16], and to study the boundary behavior of nonnegative solutions.

We characterize those homogeneous translation invariant symmetric non-local operators with positive maximum principle whose harmonic functions satisfy Harnack's inequality. We also estimate the corresponding semigroup and the potential kernel.

We establish inequalities for Green functions on general bounded piecewise Dini-smooth Jordan domains in ℝ². This enables us to prove a new version of the 3G Theorem which generalizes its previous version given in [M. Selmi, Potential Anal. 13 (2000)]. Using these results, we give a comparison theorem for the Green kernel of Δ and the Green kernel of Δ - μ, where μ is a nonnegative and exact Radon measure.