Martin boundary of a fine domain and a Fatou-Naim-Doob theorem for finely superharmonic functions

We construct the Martin compactification ${\bar U}$ of a fine domain $U$ in $R^n$, $n\ge 2$, and the Riesz-Martin kernel $K$ on $U \times{\bar U}$. We obtain the integral representation of finely superharmonic fonctions $\ge 0$ on $U$ in terms of $K$ and establish the Fatou-Naim-Doob theorem in this setting.Comment: Manuscript as accepted by publisher. To appear in Potential Analysi

Sweeping at the Martin boundary of a fine domain

We study sweeping on a subset of the Riesz-Martin space of a fine domain in \RR^n ($n\ge2$), both with respect to the natural topology and the minimal-fine topology, and show that the two notions of sweeping are identical.Comment: Minor correctio

Domains of existence for finely holomorphic functions

We show that fine domains in $\mathbf{C}$ with the property that they are Euclidean $F_\sigma$ and $G_\delta$, are in fact fine domains of existence for finely holomorphic functions. Moreover \emph{regular} fine domains are also fine domains of existence. Next we show that fine domains such as $\mathbf{C}\setminus \mathbf{Q}$ or $\mathbf{C}\setminus (\mathbf{Q}\times i\mathbf{Q})$, more specifically fine domains $V$ with the properties that their complement contains a non-empty polar set $E$ that is of the first Baire category in its Euclidean closure $K$ and that $(K\setminus E)\subset V$, are NOT fine domains of existence.Comment: 13 pages 1 figure. This new version has Bent Fuglede as coauthor. We extended the main result to include that regular fine domains are fine domains of existence and corrected many typo's and inaccuracies. In the third version a mistake at the end of the proof of Proposition 2.6 has been correcte

Plurisubharmonic and holomorphic functions relative to the plurifine topology

A weak and a strong concept of plurifinely plurisubharmonic and plurifinely holomorphic functions are introduced. Strong will imply weak. The weak concept is studied further. A function f is weakly plurifinely plurisubharmonic if and only if f o h is finely subharmonic for all complex affine-linear maps h. As a consequence, the regularization in the plurifine topology of a pointwise supremum of such functions is weakly plurifinely plurisubharmonic, and it differs from the pointwise supremum at most on a pluripolar set. Weak plurifine plurisubharmonicity and weak plurifine holomorphy are preserved under composition with weakly plurifinely holomorphic maps.Comment: 28 page

The Dirichlet Problem for Harmonic Functions on Compact Sets

For any compact set $K\subset \mathbb{R}^n$ we develop the theory of Jensen measures and subharmonic peak points, which form the set $\mathcal{O}_K$, to study the Dirichlet problem on $K$. Initially we consider the space $h(K)$ of functions on $K$ which can be uniformly approximated by functions harmonic in a neighborhood of $K$ as possible solutions. As in the classical theory, our Theorem 8.1 shows $C(\mathcal{O}_K)\cong h(K)$ for compact sets with $\mathcal{O}_K$ closed. However, in general a continuous solution cannot be expected even for continuous data on \rO_K as illustrated by Theorem 8.1. Consequently, we show that the solution can be found in a class of finely harmonic functions. Moreover by Theorem 8.7, in complete analogy with the classical situation, this class is isometrically isomorphic to $C_b(\mathcal{O}_K)$ for all compact sets $K$.Comment: There have been a large number of changes made from the first version. They mostly consists of shortening the article and supplying additional reference

Minimum Riesz energy problems for a condenser with "touching plates"

Minimum Riesz energy problems in the presence of an external field are analyzed for a condenser with touching plates. We obtain sufficient and/or necessary conditions for the solvability of these problems in both the unconstrained and the constrained settings, investigate the properties of minimizers, and prove their uniqueness. Furthermore, characterization theorems in terms of variational inequalities for the weighted potentials are established. The results obtained are illustrated by several examples.Comment: 32 pages, 1 figur

Spinor algebra and null solutions of the wave equation

In this paper we exploit the ideas and formalisms of twistor theory, to show how, on Minkowski space, given a null solution of the wave equation, there are precisely two null directions in $\ker df$, at least one of which is a shear-free ray congruence