Towards optimal gradient bounds for the torsion function in the plane

DOI10.1007/S12220-020-00553-5zbMATH Open1477.35046arXiv1912.08376OpenAlexW3106236473MaRDI QIDQ2050604FDOQ2050604

Authors: Jeremy G. Hoskins, Stefan Steinerberger 

Publication date: 31 August 2021

Published in: The Journal of Geometric Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $Omegasubsetmathbb{R}^2$ be a bounded, convex domain and let $u$ be the solution of $-Deltau=1$ vanishing on the boundary $partialOmega$. The estimate ${\displaystyle }$ | abla u|_{L^{infty}(Omega)} leq c |Omega|^{1/2}${\displaystyle }$ is classical. We use the P-functional, the stability theory of the torsion function and Brownian motion to establish the estimate for a universal $c<(2pi{)}^{-1/2}$. We also give a numerical construction showing that the optimal constant satisfies $cgeq0.358$. The problem is important in different settings: (1) as the maximum shear stress in Saint Venant Elasticity Theory, (2) as an optimal control problem for the constrained maximization of the lifetime of Brownian motion started close to the boundary and (3) and optimal Hermite-Hadamard inequalities for subharmonic functions on convex domains.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.08376

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zbMATH Keywords

Brownian motionHermite-Hadamard inequalitypotential theorysubharmonic functionsgradient estimatemaximum shear stressSaint Venant theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of Brownian motions and diffusion theory (population genetics, absorption problems, etc.) (60J70) Brownian motion (60J65) A priori estimates in context of PDEs (35B45) Maximum principles in context of PDEs (35B50) Length, area, volume, other geometric measure theory (28A75) Harmonic, subharmonic, superharmonic functions in two dimensions (31A05) Harmonic, subharmonic, superharmonic functions in higher dimensions (31B05) Boundary value problems for second-order elliptic equations (35J25) Classical linear elasticity (74B05)

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