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A One Day Workshop on Symmetry, Subharmonicity and Nonsmooth Vector Fields

15:30-16:20 Ermanno Lanconelli (Bologna University)

Title. Some problems of gravitational symmetry in both Riemannian and sub-Riemannian contexts.

Abstract. Let P be a connected solid of mass m and suppose that the gravitational field of P outside this set is equal to the field generated by the mass m concentrated at the origin. It follows that P is a ball concentrated at the origin. From this symmetry result, proved by Ahranov, Shi er and Zalcman in 1981, one establishes a harmonic characterisation of Euclidean balls. The present talk
will be concerned with this problem in both Riemannian and sub-Riemannian perspectives.

16:30-17:20 Andrea Bonfiglioli (Bologna University)

Title. Subharmonic Functions in sub-Riemannian Settings. Characterizations of subharmonicity.

Abstract. In this talk we describe mean value characterizations for subharmonic functions related to linear second order partial di erential operators with non-negative characteristic form, possessing a well-behaved fundamental solution Gamma. These characterizations are based on suitable average operators on the level sets of Gamma. Asymptotic characterizations are also considered. We
analyze as well the notion of subharmonic function in the weak sense of distributions, and we show how to approximate subharmonic functions by smooth ones. The classes of operators involved are wide enough to include, as very
special cases, the sub-Laplacians on Carnot groups.

17:20-17:40 Co ffee break

17:40-18:30 Daniele Morbidelli (Bologna University)

Title. Exponential maps and integrability results for nonsmooth distributions.

Abstract. We will present some integrability results for distributions spanned by families of nonsmooth vector fields. This involves the discussion of the notion of commutator for vector fields with rough coefficients. Our integrability results are also related with some properties of a class of almost exponential maps which we discuss under low regularity assumptions. These are joint results with Annamaria Montanari (arXiv:1106.2410v2, arXiv:1201.5228, arXiv:1201.5209).
http://cvgmt.sns.it/event/220/

When
Wed Feb 22, 2012
Where
Aula Magna, Department of Mathematics, Pisa University (map)