Harmonic functions on compactly generated groups

Abstract

A compactly generated group is noncompact if and only if it admits a nonconstant harmonic function (for some, equivalently for every, reasonable measure). This generalizes the known fact that a finitely generated group is infinite if and only if it admits a nonconstant harmonic function (for some, equivalently every, reasonable measure).

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Feb 21, 2022
Source ID
10.1142/s0129167x22500264

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People

  • Darren Creutz

Organizations

  • United States Naval Academy

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Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

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