Subordination of regular kernels and abelian theorems for quotients (Q2503159)

The author proves general boundary limit theorems of abelian type for quotients of functions defined in \(\mathbb{R}^{N+1}_{+}\). The functions considered are defined as convolutions of a kernel \(\Lambda(x,y)\) with Borel measures defined on the boundary \(\mathbb{R}^{N}\). The theorem in this paper is of the type, \[ \lim_{(x,y)\to (x_0,0)}\frac{(\Lambda_1*\mu)(x,y)}{(\Lambda_1*\nu)(x,y)}=L\in\mathbb{R}\;\Rightarrow\;\lim_{(x,y)\to (x_0,0)}\frac{(\Lambda_2*\mu)(x,y)}{(\Lambda_2*\nu)(x,y)}=L \] where the approach is either non-tangential, or radial. The key feature is the relation of subordination in the sense of Bochner between the two kernels \(\Lambda_1\) and \(\Lambda_2\). The results generalize results such as the abelian theorem of Doob and that of Armitage for relative harmonic functions, and the results of Watson and Doob for parabolic functions.