Fractional torsion-function concavity conjectures

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Let d2d\geq 2, let DRdD\subset\mathbb{R}^d be an arbitrary bounded convex set, and let φ\varphi be 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 (–). Fractional concavity conjectures. (a) If α(1,2)\alpha\in(1,2), then φ\varphi is 1/α1/\alpha-concave on DD. (b) If α(0,1)\alpha\in(0,1), then φ\varphi is concave on DD. These conjectures extend the established concavity phenomenon for the half-Laplacian to other fractional orders and arbitrary bounded convex domains. The supplied text does not state a resolution.

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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).

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