Riesz energy problems with external fields and related theory*

Peter Dragnev (Purdue U Fort Wayne)

Jan 17. 2022, 15:00 — 15:40

In this paper, we investigate Riesz energy problems on %closed (possibly unbounded conductors in $\R^d$ in the presence of general external fields $Q$, not necessarily satisfying the growth condition $Q(x)\to\infty$ as $|x|\to\infty$ assumed in several previous studies. We provide sufficient conditions on $Q$ for the existence of an equilibrium measure and the compactness of its support. Particular attention is paid to the case of the hyperplanar conductor $\R^{d}$, embedded in $\R^{d+1}$, when the external field is created by the potential of a signed measure $\nu$ outside of $\R^{d}$. Simple cases where $\nu$ is a discrete measure are analyzed in detail. New theoretic results for Riesz potentials, in particular an extension of a classical theorem by de La Vall\'ee-Poussin, are established. These results are of independent interest.

 

* Joint work with Ramon Orive - University La Laguna, Ed Saff - Vanderbilt University, and Franck Wielonsky - Universit\'e Aix-Marseille

Further Information
Venue:
ESI Boltzmann Lecture Hall
Recordings:
Recording
Associated Event:
Optimal Point Configurations on Manifolds (Workshop)
Organizer(s):
Christine Bachoc (U Bordeaux)
Henry Cohn (Microsoft, Redmond)
Peter Grabner (TU Graz)
Douglas Hardin (Vanderbilt U, Nashville)
Edward Saff (Vanderbilt U, Nashville)
Achill Schürmann (U of Rostock)
Robert Womersley (UNSW, Sydney)