Boundary structure and size in terms of interior and exterior harmonic measures in higher dimensions
Authors:
C. Kenig, D. Preiss and T. Toro
Journal:
J. Amer. Math. Soc. 22 (2009), 771-796
MSC (2000):
Primary 28A33, 31A15
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0894-0347-08-00601-2
Published electronically:
April 25, 2008
MathSciNet review:
2505300
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Abstract: In this work we introduce the use of powerful tools from geometric measure theory (GMT) to study problems related to the size and structure of sets of mutual absolute continuity for the harmonic measure $\omega ^+$ of a domain $\Omega =\Omega ^+\subset \mathbb {R}^n$ and the harmonic measure $\omega ^-$ of $\Omega ^-$, $\Omega ^-=\mbox {int}(\Omega ^c)$, in dimension $n\ge 3$.
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C. Kenig
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637
MR Author ID:
100230
Email:
cek@math.uchicago.edu
D. Preiss
Affiliation:
Mathematics Institut, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
MR Author ID:
141890
Email:
d.preiss@warwick.ac.uk
T. Toro
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-4350.
MR Author ID:
363909
Email:
toro@math.washington.edu
Received by editor(s):
October 25, 2007
Published electronically:
April 25, 2008
Additional Notes:
The first author was partially supported by NSF grant DMS-0456583.
The third author was partially supported by NSF grant DMS-0600915
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