Classical Potential Theory

✍ Scribed by David H. Armitage, Stephen J. Gardiner (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag London
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 343
• Series: Springer Monographs in Mathematics
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

From its origins in Newtonian physics, potential theory has developed into a major field of mathematical research. This book provides a comprehensive treatment of classical potential theory: it covers harmonic and subharmonic functions, maximum principles, polynomial expansions, Green functions, potentials and capacity, the Dirichlet problem and boundary integral representations. The first six chapters deal concretely with the basic theory, and include exercises. The final three chapters are more advanced and treat topological ideas specifically created for potential theory, such as the fine topology, the Martin boundary and minimal thinness.
The presentation is largely self-contained and is accessible to graduate students, the only prerequisites being a reasonable grounding in analysis and several variables calculus, and a first course in measure theory. The book will prove an essential reference to all those with an interest in potential theory and its applications.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Harmonic Functions....Pages 1-32
Harmonic Polynomials....Pages 33-58
Subharmonic Functions....Pages 59-88
Potentials....Pages 89-121
Polar Sets and Capacity....Pages 123-162
The Dirichlet Problem....Pages 163-195
The Fine Topology....Pages 197-232
The Martin Boundary....Pages 233-272
Boundary Limits....Pages 273-304
Back Matter....Pages 305-333

✦ Subjects

Functions of a Complex Variable; Analysis; Potential Theory