An induction principle for the weighted p-energy minimality of x/|x|

Abstract: In this paper, we investigate minimizing properties of the map

x / | x |

from the Euclidean unit ball

m a t h b f B^{n}

to its boundary

m a t h b b S^{n - 1}

, for the weighted energy functionals

E_{p, a l p h a}^{n} (u) = i n t_{m a t h b f B^{n}} | x |^{a l p h a} | a b l a u |^{p} d x

. We establish the following induction principle: if the map

f r a c x | x | : m a t h b f B^{n + 1} o m a t h b b S^{n}

minimizes

E_{p, a l p h a}^{n + 1}

among the maps

u : m a t h b f B^{n + 1} o m a t h b b S^{n}

satisfying

u (x) = x

on

m a t h b b S^{n}

, then the map

f r a c y | y | : m a t h b f B^{n} o m a t h b b S^{n - 1}

minimizes

E_{p, a l p h a + 1}^{n}

among the maps

v : m a t h b f B^{n} o m a t h b b S^{n - 1}

satisfying

v (y) = y

on

m a t h b b S^{n - 1}

. This result enables us to enlarge the range of values of

p

and

a l p h a

for which

x / | x |

minimizes

E_{p, a l p h a}^{n}

.

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