Concavity conjecture for the fractional Dirichlet problem in dimensions at least three

About 12 years old · traced to

Let d≥3d\geq 3, and let D⊂RdD\subset\mathbb{R}^d be an arbitrary bounded convex set. Let φ\varphi denote the solution of the fractional Dirichlet problem

(−Δ)α/2φ=1in D,(-\Delta)^{\alpha/2}\varphi=1\quad\text{in }D,

with the boundary condition from (–), for α=1\alpha=1. Concavity conjecture. The solution φ\varphi is concave on DD. The claim would extend the planar concavity result to higher dimensions. The source explains that a generalization of a result of H. Lewy might imply it for sufficiently smooth strictly convex domains, but states that the conjecture remains open.

References

Primary source

Tadeusz Kulczycki, “On concavity of solution of Dirichlet problem for the equation (-Δ)^1/2 φ= 1 in a convex planar region”, arXiv:1405.3846 (2014).

Progress summary

Never refreshed

Nothing recorded yet. Refresh searches the literature and the public web for attempts on this problem, and writes the first summary here.

Solutions 0

No solutions have been posted yet.