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August  2019, 39(8): 4731-4746. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2019192

Infinity-harmonic potentials and their streamlines

Erik Lindgren 1,, and  Peter Lindqvist 2,

1. 

Department of Mathematics, Uppsala University, Box 480, 751 06 Uppsala, Sweden
2. 

Department of Mathematical Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N–7491, Trondheim, Norway

* Corresponding author: Erik Lindgren

Received  October 2018 Revised  February 2019 Published  May 2019

We consider certain solutions of the Infinity-Laplace Equation in planar convex rings. Their ascending streamlines are unique while the descending ones may bifurcate. We prove that bifurcation occurs in the generic situation and as a consequence, the solutions cannot have Lipschitz continuous gradients.

Keywords: Infinity-Laplace equation, streamlines, convex rings, infinity-potential function.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 49N60, 35J15, 35J60, 35J65, 35J70.
Citation: Erik Lindgren, Peter Lindqvist. Infinity-harmonic potentials and their streamlines. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - A, 2019, 39 (8) : 4731-4746. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2019192
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G. Aronsson, On the partial differential equation $u_x^2u_xx+2u_xu_yu_xy+u_y^2u_yy = 0, $, Arkiv för Matematik, 7 (1968), 397-425.  doi: 10.1007/BF02590989.  Google Scholar

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G. Crasta and I. Fragalà, On the Dirichlet and Serrin problems for the inhomogeneous infinity Laplacian in convex domains: regularity and geometric results, Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis, 218 (2015), 1577-1607.  doi: 10.1007/s00205-015-0888-4.  Google Scholar

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L. Evans and Ch. Smart, Everywhere differentiability of infinity harmonic functions, Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations, 42 (2011), 289-299.  doi: 10.1007/s00526-010-0388-1.  Google Scholar

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V. Julin and P. Juutinen, A new proof for the equivalence of weak and viscosity solutions for the $p$-Laplace equation, Communications on Partial Differential Equations, 37 (2012), 934-946.  doi: 10.1080/03605302.2011.615878.  Google Scholar

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P. Juutinen, P. Lindqvist and J. Manfredi., The infinity Laplacian: examples and observations, Papers on analysis, Rep. Univ. Jyväskylä Dep. Math. Stat. Univ. Jyväskylä, 83 (2001), 207-217.   Google Scholar

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P. Juutinen, P. Lindqvist and J. Manfredi, The $\infty$-eigenvalue problem, Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis, 148 (1999), 89-105.  doi: 10.1007/s002050050157.  Google Scholar

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H. Koch, Y. Zhang and Y. Zhou, An asymptotic sharp Sobolev regularity for planar infinity harmonic functions, Journal de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées, 2019, arXiv: 1806.01982 doi: 10.1016/j.matpur.2019.02.008.  Google Scholar

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S. Koike, A Beginner's Guide to the Theory of Viscosity Solutions, MSJ Memoirs, Mathematical Society of Japan, 2004.  Google Scholar

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J. Lewis, Capacitory functions in convex rings, Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis, 66 (1977), 201-224.  doi: 10.1007/BF00250671.  Google Scholar

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J. Manfredi, A. Petrosyan and H. Shahgholian, A free boundary problem for $\infty$-Laplace equation, Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations, 14 (2002), 359-384.  doi: 10.1007/s005260100107.  Google Scholar

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Y. Peres, O. Schramm, S. Sheffield and D. Wilson, Tug-of-war and the infinity Laplacian, Journal of the American Mathematical Society, 22 (2009), 167-210.  doi: 10.1090/S0894-0347-08-00606-1.  Google Scholar

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O. Savin, $C^1$ regularity for infinity harmonic functions in two dimensions, Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis, 176 (2005), 351-361.  doi: 10.1007/s00205-005-0355-8.  Google Scholar

[23]

O. Savin, C. Wang and Y. Yu, Asymptotic behaviour of infinity harmonic functions near an isolated singularity, International Mathematical Research Notes, 6 (2008), Art. ID rnm163, 23 pp. doi: 10.1093/imrn/rnm163.  Google Scholar

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References:
[1]

G. Aronsson, Extension of functions satisfying Lipschitz conditions, Arkiv För Matematik, 6 (1967), 551-561.  doi: 10.1007/BF02591928.  Google Scholar

[2]

G. Aronsson, On the partial differential equation $u_x^2u_xx+2u_xu_yu_xy+u_y^2u_yy = 0, $, Arkiv för Matematik, 7 (1968), 397-425.  doi: 10.1007/BF02590989.  Google Scholar

[3]

V. Caselles, J.-M. Morel and C. Sbert, An axiomatic approach to image interpolation, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 7 (1998), 376-386.  doi: 10.1109/83.661188.  Google Scholar

[4]

M. Crandall, H. Ishii and P.-L. Lions, User's guide to viscosity solutions of second order partial differential equations, Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society, 27 (1992), 1-67.  doi: 10.1090/S0273-0979-1992-00266-5.  Google Scholar

[5]

G. Crasta and I. Fragalà, On the characterization of some classes of proximally smooth sets, ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations, 22 (2016), 710-727.  doi: 10.1051/cocv/2015022.  Google Scholar

[6]

G. Crasta and I. Fragalà, On the Dirichlet and Serrin problems for the inhomogeneous infinity Laplacian in convex domains: regularity and geometric results, Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis, 218 (2015), 1577-1607.  doi: 10.1007/s00205-015-0888-4.  Google Scholar

[7] L. Evans and R. Gariepy, Measure Theory and Fine Propeties of Functions, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1992.   Google Scholar
[8]

L. Evans and O. Savin, $C^{1, \alpha}$regularity of infinite harmonic functios in two dimensions, Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations, 32 (2008), 325-347.  doi: 10.1007/s00526-007-0143-4.  Google Scholar

[9]

L. Evans and Ch. Smart, Everywhere differentiability of infinity harmonic functions, Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations, 42 (2011), 289-299.  doi: 10.1007/s00526-010-0388-1.  Google Scholar

[10]

U. Janfalk, Behaviour in the limit, as $p \to \infty$, of minimizers of functionals involving $p$-Dirichlet integrals, SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis, 27 (1996), 341-360.  doi: 10.1137/S0036141093252619.  Google Scholar

[11]

R. Jensen, Uniqueness of Lipschitz extension: Minimizing the sup norm of the gradient, Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis, 123 (1993), 51-74.  doi: 10.1007/BF00386368.  Google Scholar

[12]

V. Julin and P. Juutinen, A new proof for the equivalence of weak and viscosity solutions for the $p$-Laplace equation, Communications on Partial Differential Equations, 37 (2012), 934-946.  doi: 10.1080/03605302.2011.615878.  Google Scholar

[13]

P. Juutinen, P. Lindqvist and J. Manfredi., On the equivalence of viscosity solutions and weak solutions for a quasi-linear equation, SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis, 33 (2001), 699-717.  doi: 10.1137/S0036141000372179.  Google Scholar

[14]

P. Juutinen, P. Lindqvist and J. Manfredi., The infinity Laplacian: examples and observations, Papers on analysis, Rep. Univ. Jyväskylä Dep. Math. Stat. Univ. Jyväskylä, 83 (2001), 207-217.   Google Scholar

[15]

P. Juutinen, P. Lindqvist and J. Manfredi, The $\infty$-eigenvalue problem, Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis, 148 (1999), 89-105.  doi: 10.1007/s002050050157.  Google Scholar

[16]

H. Koch, Y. Zhang and Y. Zhou, An asymptotic sharp Sobolev regularity for planar infinity harmonic functions, Journal de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées, 2019, arXiv: 1806.01982 doi: 10.1016/j.matpur.2019.02.008.  Google Scholar

[17]

S. Koike, A Beginner's Guide to the Theory of Viscosity Solutions, MSJ Memoirs, Mathematical Society of Japan, 2004.  Google Scholar

[18]

J. Lewis, Capacitory functions in convex rings, Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis, 66 (1977), 201-224.  doi: 10.1007/BF00250671.  Google Scholar

[19]

J. Manfredi, A. Petrosyan and H. Shahgholian, A free boundary problem for $\infty$-Laplace equation, Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations, 14 (2002), 359-384.  doi: 10.1007/s005260100107.  Google Scholar

[20]

Y. Peres, O. Schramm, S. Sheffield and D. Wilson, Tug-of-war and the infinity Laplacian, Journal of the American Mathematical Society, 22 (2009), 167-210.  doi: 10.1090/S0894-0347-08-00606-1.  Google Scholar

[21] R. Rockafeller, Convex Analysis, Princeton University Press, USA, 1970.   Google Scholar
[22]

O. Savin, $C^1$ regularity for infinity harmonic functions in two dimensions, Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis, 176 (2005), 351-361.  doi: 10.1007/s00205-005-0355-8.  Google Scholar

[23]

O. Savin, C. Wang and Y. Yu, Asymptotic behaviour of infinity harmonic functions near an isolated singularity, International Mathematical Research Notes, 6 (2008), Art. ID rnm163, 23 pp. doi: 10.1093/imrn/rnm163.  Google Scholar

Figure 1.  The streamlines of $ V_\infty $ when $ \Omega $ is the square $ -1<x_1<1,\,\,-1<x_2<1 $
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