Best approximation by subharmonic functions
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Abstract:
Let $\Omega \subset {\mathbb {R}^d}$ be a bounded domain. We prove existence of best subharmonic approximations in ${L_\infty }(\Omega )$ and, for functions continuous in $\overline \Omega$, we characterize best continuous subharmonic approximations.References
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- © Copyright 1992 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 114 (1992), 897-903
- MSC: Primary 41A30; Secondary 31B05, 41A50
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1992-1092929-4
- MathSciNet review: 1092929