Maximally singular weak solutions of Laplace equations

Abstract: It is known that there exists an explicit function

F

in

L^{2} (O m e g a)

, where

O m e g a

is a given bounded open subset of

m a t h b b R^{N}

, such that the corresponding weak solution of the Laplace BVP

- D e l t a u = F (x)

,

u i n H_{0}^{1} (O m e g a)

, is maximally singular; that is, the singular set of

u

(defined in the Introduction) has the Hausdorff dimension equal to

(N - 4)^{+}

. This constant is optimal, i.e., the largest possible. Here, we show that much more is true: when

N g e q 5

, there exists

F i n L^{2} (O m e g a)

such that the corresponding weak solution has the pointwise concentration of singular set of

u

, in the sense of the Hausdorff dimension, equal to

N - 4

at all points of

O m e g a

. We also consider the problem of generating weak solutions with the property of contrast; that is, we construct solutions

u

that are regular (more specifically, of class

C_{l o c}^{2, a l p h a}

for arbitrary

a l p h a i n (0, 1)

) in any prescribed open subset

O m e g a_{r}

of

O m e g a

, while they are maximally singular in its complement

O m e g a s e t m i n u s O m e g a_{r}

. We indicate several open problems.

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