Existence and uniqueness for mean field equations on multiply connected domains at the critical parameter

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Abstract: We consider the mean field equation: (1) Delta u+ hofrac{e^u}{int_Omega e^u}=0 & hbox{in} ;Omega, u=0 & hbox{on};partialOmega, where OmegasubsetmathbbR2 is an open and bounded domain of class C1. In his 1992 paper, Suzuki proved that if Omega is a simply-connected domain, then equation (1) admits a unique solution for hoin[0,8pi). This result for Omega a simply-connected domain has been extended to the case ho=8pi by Chang, Chen and the second author. However, the uniqueness result for Omega a multiply-connected domain has remained a long standing open problem which we solve positively here for hoin[0,8pi]. To obtain this result we need a new version of the classical Bol's inequality suitable to be applied on multiply-connected domains. Our second main concern is the existence of solutions for (1) when ho=8pi. We a obtain necessary and sufficient condition for the solvability of the mean field equation at ho=8pi which is expressed in terms of the Robin's function gamma for Omega. For example, if equation (1) has no solution at ho=8pi, then gamma has a unique nondegenerate maximum point. As a by product of our results we solve the long-standing open problem of the equivalence of canonical and microcanonical ensembles in the Onsager's statistical description of two-dimensional turbulence on multiply-connected domains.



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