The torsion function of convex domains of high eccentricity

DOI10.1007/S11118-019-09785-9MaRDI QIDQ778804zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Thomas L. Beck

Publication date 20 July 2020

Published in Potential Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1809.09212

zbMATH Keywords

level setseigenfunctiontorsion function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Laplace operator, Helmholtz equation (reduced wave equation), Poisson equation (35J05)

Abstract: The torsion function of a convex planar domain has convex level sets, but explicit formulae are known only for rectangles and ellipses. Here we study the torsion function on convex planar domains of high eccentricity. We obtain an approximation for the torsion function by viewing the domain as a perturbation of a rectangle in order to define an approximate Green's function for the Laplacian. For a class of convex domains we use this approximation to establish sharp bounds on the Hessian and the infinitesimal shape of the level sets around its maximum. We also use these results to compare the behaviour of the torsion function and the first eigenfunction of the Dirichlet Laplacian around their respective maxima.

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