Higher-dimensional subharmonic gradient inequality

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Let Ω⊂Rd\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^d be an open subset with smooth boundary. For λ∈C∞(Ω‾)\lambda\in C^\infty(\overline{\Omega}) with λ>0\lambda>0 on Ω‾\overline{\Omega}, and ϕ,ψ∈C2(Ω‾)\phi,\psi\in C^2(\overline{\Omega}) vanishing on ∂Ω\partial\Omega and both subharmonic with respect to −∇(λ∇)-\nabla(\lambda\nabla), the higher-dimensional gradient inequality conjecture. There exists a constant Cd,ΩC_{d,\Omega} depending only on dd and Ω\Omega such that

∫Ωλ(x)∣∇ϕ(x).∇ψ(x)∣ dx≤Cd,Ω∫Ωλ(x)∇ϕ(x).∇ψ(x) dx.\int_{\Omega}\lambda(x)|\nabla\phi(x)\mathbin{.}\nabla\psi(x)|\,dx\leq C_{d,\Omega}\int_{\Omega}\lambda(x)\nabla\phi(x)\mathbin{.}\nabla\psi(x)\,dx.

The source proves the corresponding one-dimensional inequality with optimal constant 33 and proposes this extension to higher dimensions; no resolution is given in the supplied text.

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Houman Owhadi, “Anomalous Slow Diffusion from Perpetual Homogenization”, arXiv:math/0105165 (2004).

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