Positivity conjecture for the distribution in the Bôcher-type characterization

Let uu and vv be as in Theorem, with vv the distribution associated to uu and supported on the singular set Γ\Gamma. For a test function ϕCc(B2)\phi\in C_c^\infty(B_2), write ϕ~=ϕΓ\tilde{\phi}=\phi|_\Gamma for its restriction to Γ\Gamma. Positivity conjecture. The distribution vv is positive: there exists a positive Radon measure μ\mu on Γ\Gamma such that

Δu,ϕ=Γϕ~dμ.\langle-\Delta u,\phi\rangle=\int_\Gamma\tilde{\phi}\,d\mu.

This would improve the regularity of the distribution appearing in the Bôcher-type characterization, replacing a general distributional contribution by a positive measure on the singular set. The conjecture is motivated by the positivity of the harmonic function uu and the possibility that this positivity annihilates tangential derivatives, but the source provides no resolution.

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Shuimu Li, “L^p estimate for positive harmonic functions near singularities and Bôcher type theorems”, arXiv:2203.03219 (2022).

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