The Dirichlet problem for harmonic functions on compact sets

Abstract: For any compact set

K s u b s e t m a t h b b R^{n}

we develop the theory of Jensen measures and subharmonic peak points, which form the set

m a t h c a l O_{K}

, to study the Dirichlet problem on

K

. Initially we consider the space

h (K)

of functions on

K

which can be uniformly approximated by functions harmonic in a neighborhood of

K

as possible solutions. As in the classical theory, our Theorem 8.1 shows

C (m a t h c a l O_{K}) c o n g h (K)

for compact sets with

m a t h c a l O_{K}

closed. However, in general a continuous solution cannot be expected even for continuous data on

O_{K}

as illustrated by Theorem 8.1. Consequently, we show that the solution can be found in a class of finely harmonic functions. Moreover by Theorem 8.7, in complete analogy with the classical situation, this class is isometrically isomorphic to

C_{b} (m a t h c a l O_{K})

for all compact sets

K

.

Review text

This article presents an account of the Dirichlet problem with respect to a compact set \(K\) in \(\mathbb{R}^{n}\). The fine topology of classical potential theory plays an essential role, as does the notion of a finely harmonic function on a finely open set. Let \(\partial _{f}K\) denote the fine boundary of \(K\), and \(fH^{c}(K)\) be the collection of finely continuous functions on \(K\) that are finely harmonic on the fine interior of \(K\) and continuous and bounded on \(\partial _{f}K\). Theorem 6.5 says that, for every bounded continuous function \(\phi \) on \(\partial _{f}K\), there is a unique function \(h_{\phi }\in fH^{c}(K)\) that equals \(\phi \) on \(\partial _{f}K\). Further, for each \(x\in K\), the value of \(h_{\phi }(x)\) is given by the integral of \(\phi \) against a certain probability measure on \(\partial _{f}K\).

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