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Department of Mathematics,
University of California San Diego

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Math 258 - Joint Analysis and Differential Geometry Seminar

Zihui Zhao

University of Chicago

Boundary unique continuation of Dini domains

Abstract:

Let $u$ be a harmonic function in $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^d.$ It is known that in the interior, the singular set $\mathcal{S}(u) = \{u=|\nabla u|=0 \}$ is $(d-2)$-dimensional, and moreover $\mathcal{S}(u)$ is $(d-2)$-rectifiable and its Minkowski content is bounded (depending on the frequency of $u$). We prove the analogue near the boundary for $C^1$-Dini domains: If the harmonic function $u$ vanishes on an open subset $E$ of the boundary, then near $E$ the singular set $\mathcal{S}(u) \cap \overline{\Omega}$ is $(d-2)$-rectifiable and has bounded Minkowski content. Dini domain is the optimal domain for which $\nabla$ u is continuous towards the boundary, and in particular every $C^{1,\alpha}$ domain is Dini. The main difficulty is the lack of monotonicity formula near the boundary of a Dini domain. \\ \\ This is joint work with Carlos Kenig.

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