Soit $\Omega$, ouvert de ${\mathbf{R}}^n$ et $f:\Omega \to \mathbf{R}$, continue. On dit qu’une majorante surharmonique de $f$ dans $\Omega$ est minimale si cette majorante surharmonique est harmonique dans l’ensemble (ouvert) où elle diffère de $f$. Beaucoup de propriétés de ces fonctions sont semblables à celles des fonctions harmoniques $\ge 0$ (lesquelles correspondent à $f=0$) ; par exemple la famille entière est uniformément équicontinue dans chaque partie compacte de $\Omega$, relativement à la structure uniforme de $\bar{\mathbf{R}}$. On traite le problème de Dirichlet : détermination...

In this paper, we study the Martin boundary associated with a harmonic structure given by a coupled partial differential equations system. We give an integral representation for non negative harmonic functions of this structure. In particular, we obtain such results for biharmonic functions (i.e. ${▵}^2\varphi =0$) and for non negative solutions of the equation ${▵}^2\varphi =\varphi$.

Assume that u, v are conjugate harmonic functions on the unit disc of ℂ, normalized so that u(0) = v(0) = 0. Let u*, |v|* stand for the one- and two-sided Brownian maxima of u and v, respectively. The paper contains the proof of the sharp weak-type estimate ℙ(|v|* ≥ 1)≤ (1 + 1/3² + 1/5² + 1/7² + ...)/(1 - 1/3² + 1/5² - 1/7² + ...) 𝔼u*. Actually, this estimate is shown to be true in the more general setting of differentially subordinate harmonic functions defined...

A positive measurable function K on a domain D in ${ℝ}^{n+1}$ is called a mean value density for temperatures if $u(0,0)=\int {\int }_{D}K(x,t)u(x,t)dxdt$ for all temperatures u on D̅. We construct such a density for some domains. The existence of a bounded density and a density which is bounded away from zero on D is also discussed.

Let $u$ be a $\delta$-subharmonic function with associated measure $\mu$, and let $v$ be a superharmonic function with associated measure $\nu$, on an open set $E$. For any closed ball $B(x,r)$, of centre $x$ and radius $r$, contained in $E$, let $ℳ(u,x,r)$ denote the mean value of $u$ over the surface of the ball. We prove that the upper and lower limits as $s,t\to 0$ with $0<s<t$ of the quotient $\left(ℳ\right(u,x,s)-ℳ(u,x,t\left)\right)/\left(ℳ\right(v,x,s)-ℳ(v,x,t\left)\right)$, lie between the upper and lower limits as $r\to 0+$ of the quotient $\mu \left(B\right(x,r\left)\right)/\nu \left(B\right(x,r\left)\right)$. This enables us to use some well-known measure-theoretic results to prove new variants and generalizations...

Some results concerning the multiply superharmonic functions and the boundary behaviour are given and some problems involving these notions are described.

We study the problem of construction of the smooth interpolation formula presented as the minimizer of suitable functionals subject to interpolation constraints. We present a procedure for determining the interpolation formula that in a natural way leads to a linear combination of polyharmonic splines complemented with lower order polynomial terms. In general, such formulae can be very useful e.g. in geographic information systems or computer aided geometric design. A simple computational example...

Our aim in this paper is to study Musielak-Orlicz-Sobolev spaces on metric measure spaces. We consider a Hajłasz-type condition and a Newtonian condition. We prove that Lipschitz continuous functions are dense, as well as other basic properties. We study the relationship between these spaces, and discuss the Lebesgue point theorem in these spaces. We also deal with the boundedness of the Hardy-Littlewood maximal operator on Musielak-Orlicz spaces. As an application of the boundedness of the Hardy-Littlewood...

We define and study Musielak-Orlicz-Sobolev spaces with zero boundary values on any metric space endowed with a Borel regular measure. We extend many classical results, including completeness, lattice properties and removable sets, to Musielak-Orlicz-Sobolev spaces on metric measure spaces. We give sufficient conditions which guarantee that a Sobolev function can be approximated by Lipschitz continuous functions vanishing outside an open set. These conditions are based on Hardy type inequalities....